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West Midlands Responses: Book V, Part 5
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 5: The Dairy. Includes questions V.5.1 Dairy - V.5.10 Beastings.
SED Phonological Map: Strippings
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question III.3.4, Strippings (i.e. the last drops of milk when a cow is milked), mapping pronunciation of the ...
A Survey of the Dialect Spoken at the Present Day in and Around the Village of Grindleton in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Jones, William Eric
1949
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Grindleton in the old West Riding of Yorkshire. An introduction to the village is followed by five chapters which give a descriptive account of the so...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
10 September 1974
Cyril Poacher, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about his song repertoire and singers he has learned songs from; Bob Scarce; Percy Webb; old Blaxhall singers; singing at the Ship Inn, Blaxhall - al...
An Account of the Phonology of the Dialect of Gosforth in the County of Cumberland
Young, Nell
1950
A study of the dialect spoken in Gosforth, in the old county of Cumberland, based on fieldwork undertaken in June and December 1949. An introduction to the village is followed by chapters which pres...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
7 August 1972
George Hancock recorded in conversation at home, Sheephill Farm, in the Ringinglow area of Sheffield. Mrs. George Hancock also contributes. Talk of (dairy) farming; Penistone and Bakewell markets; alt...
Sound Recordings, Dorset
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Denning, recorded in Netherbury; talks about the cider making process, including fermenting, corking and tapping barrels, quantities made, apple orchards, storage, the cider press (demonstrates/ex...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
March 1963
[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; discussion of left-...
Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F; Wright, John T
1958-1963
[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded by Stanley Ellis in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; di...
Farming Traditions in South Shropshire
Gwilliam, K Sheila
1967
A thesis based on the experiences of the collector's family, farming an area near Clun in Shropshire.
Housekeeping - General
1965-1980
This file contains items relating to housekeeping and domestic arrangements, and associated customs. This includes a photocopy of Edith Martin's 'Do You Know Cornwall?: Chips and Shavings from a Corni...
Sound Recordings, County Durham
Upton, Clive S
May 1974
[Collector announcement]; William Dodds, recorded at home in Ebchester on the 14 May 1974; examines and describes archaeological artefacts, excavated by him during the previous six years from the site...