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Total number of records: 23

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture23
english language - dialects23
manners and customs23
supernatural23
folklore18
folk music10
superstition10
holidays9
occupations9
oral traditions9

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Green, Anthony E (1943-)4
Harris, Susan3
Pattison, Susan3
Dunn, Ginette2
Goulburn, David2
Peters, Adrian2
Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)2
Webb, Percy2
Bland, Cecil1
Brunk, Wille1

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Ghost Stories of Salford and District

Gardiner, Margaret Alison

1979

An examination of supernatural legends about people associated with locations within the Metropolitan District of Salford.

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Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1964-1966

Unedited Field Master tape. James Lyons sings [ 'Young Soldier Cut Down in His Prime'], [first line: One night as I sat by the fireside], [3 unidentified]; two children sing [unidentified]; Kathleen L...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Adrian Peters, recorded at home in Marston, talks about his 7-8 year involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers - link with wife's family and parts played [ David Goulburn contributes occasionally]; ag...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Copy of David Goulburn and Adrian Peters interviews, from tape LAVC/SRE/A307r.

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The Customs and Superstitions of Horseracing

Morgan, Brian

1978

A study of horseracing folklore, with particular reference to the town of Newmarket in Suffolk. Sections include an introduction to the sport and its association with Newmarket, occupational folklore ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

17 August 1973

Frank Weatherill , recorded at home in Danby; talks about a local storyteller; tall tales; storytelling as a form of amusement; local legends regarding hammer throwing (example from Lastingham); FW's ...

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Long Narrative Verse

[1968-1970]

This file contains four offprinted papers by Michael Cherniss on epic poems, being 'The Progress of the Hoard in Beowulf', offprinted from the 'Philological Quarterly', volume XLVII, number 4 (October...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Cook, Catherine

[1970-1971]

Compilation of several field recordings. Male and female informants talk about practical jokes, local ministers and preachers, recite dialect poetry, coffins carried on sledges over snow, anecdotes co...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Jim Wright, recorded at home in Antrobus, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; roles played; first experience of play as a bedtime story told by father and grandfather; pig killi...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1975

Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common on the 27 June 1975; sings 'The Boy Truly Regrets'; [gap]; 'I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now (Because I Love You)'; [ 'Fiddler's Green']; 'Flanagan's Band...

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Collected Papers

Brunk, Wille

1965-1967

This file contains papers received and collected by Wille Brunk during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). This includes a copy of Åsa Werner-Ljungstr...

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Devils, Saints and Heroes: A Collection of Stories, Customs and Beliefs from Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes

Clark, Elizabeth S M

1969

A collection of some of the customs, beliefs and narratives from four Scottish islands, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae , Arran and Bute, gathered from printed sources and interviews with selected inhab...

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