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Dialect recording in Medomsley, Co. Durham
11 Mar 1939
[Side 1] Arthur recites 'The Bottom of the Raa' in Medomsley dialect. [Side 2] Unplayable by current technological means.
Oral literature : seven essays
Duggan, Joseph J
1975
Reprinted from 'Forum for Modern Language Studies', vol. x, no.3.
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
21 Jul 1939
[Side 1] Fred and Willie recite numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100 and supply pronunciations of list of prompt words. [Side 2] Fred and Willie supply pronunciations of list of prompt words and...
L: Popular Oral Tradition
1960-1981
This series contains items relating to oral tradition, including folktales, verse, riddles, proverbs and conventional expressions.
Riddles
1960-1978
This subseries contains papers on riddles, and their themes and variations, including a paper by Peter Nalder on the Archer Taylor riddle index, papers by Stewart Sanderson chiefly on Scottish riddles...
A Collection of Riddles from Shetland
Maclean, Calum I; Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1960
This file contains three photocopies of Maclean and Sanderson's paper, consisting of a collection of riddles compiled from fieldwork undertaken in Shetland in August 1954, and published in 'Scottish S...
The Gregor-Crombie Manuscript of Riddles and Proverbs
Gregor, Mr; Crombie, Mr
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of an undated ms. collection of proverbs and riddles, [121] leaves.
Dar finst korkje vind elder væte : munnlege folketradisjonar frå Selje
Djupedal, Emil J; Djupedal, Reidar; Djupedal, Ingrid
1992
Dialect recording in Cullercoats, Northumberland
Hornsby, G
11 Nov 1938
[Side 1] Mrs. Henry recites passage, 'Cullercoats and the work of the fisher folks', describes week-long mussel-fishing trips and work of fisher wives: baiting lines (140 hooks per line), waiting with...
Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
Lenihan, J M A
30 May 1939
[Side 1] Douglas supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; brief conversation between Douglas and George about recording Wark dialect for posterity. [Side 2] George recites the story of the lit...