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The country housewife's family companion

Ellis, William (1700-1758); Thick, Malcolm

2000

Originally published: London : printed for James Hodges,; and B. Collins, Salisbury, 1750. Includes glossary. Includes facsimile of original t.p.

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Scotland's inner man : a history of Scots food & cookery

MacClure, Victor (1887-1963)

1935

Bibliography: p. vii.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Soulby, Westmorland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

12 Nov 1954

[Side 1] Jack talks about changes in working conditions on farm and inflation in stock prices and wages, remembers eating 'haver poddish' and 'blue milk' [= oatmeal porridge and skimmed milk], thinks ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Lowick, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Feb 1953

[Side 1] Robert recalls schooldays in nearby Duddo, tells anecdote about old groom giving children lift to school, new groom refused so one day Robert and friends pelted his trap with stones, brief de...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

9 September 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, sings 'Eat More Fruit'; talks about Jack Harland and learning 'Bold General Wolfe' from him; sings fragment of 'Up She Went Like a Rocket', also sung by Harland; s...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

16 November 1974

Percy Ling, recorded at home in Snape; talks about singing at the Golden Key pub in Snape, and meeting his future wife there; wife's family; segregation of men and women in the pub; attitude to women ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Ronague, Isle of Man

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

Nov 1958

[Side 1] Amanda talks about local farms and farmhouses, recalls open fireplace in childhood home, remembers trips by horse and cart to collect ling for fire, describes apparatus for cooking and baking...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

11 September 1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about the village Youth Hostel; her parents and siblings; food, diet and bread baking; own family and children; working in service; childhood in L...

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