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Dialect recording in Ovingham, Northumberland
Hornsby, G
24 Nov 1938
[Side 1] Edward recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Ovingham dialect. [Side 2] Edward recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Ovingham dialect and supplie...
Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
16 Mar 1939
[Side 1] John recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100 and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; description of haymaking, incl. discussion of 'coil' [= haycock] and 'bogey' [= ha...
Dialect recording in Todmorden, West Yorkshire
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Thorp, Dr H.
Mar 1939
[Side 1] Sarah Ann recites dialect story; supplies responses to list of prompts. [Side 2] Sarah Ann demonstrates series of local phrases and pronunciations; Mrs. Whitton recites 'The Husband's Lament'...
Dialect recording in Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
24 Mar 1939
[Side 1] Dod supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words and recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100. [Side 2] Mrs. Robinson recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in...
Dialect recording in Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
30 Mar 1939
[Side 1] Samuel recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Sharperton dialect and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words. [Side 2] Jimmy recites the story of the little mous...
Dialect recording in Penrith, Cumberland
Riddell, William
25 Jan 1938
[Side 1] James recites 'Croglin Watty' by Robert Anderson (1770-1883) in Penrith dialect. [Side 2] Blank.
Dialect recording in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland
Riddell, William
17 Feb 1938
[Side 1] John recites 'Butcher and his Calf' in Kirkby Stephen dialect. [Side 2] Blank.
Dialect recording in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland
Riddell, William
17 Feb 1938
[Side 1] John recites 'Lord, Sich a Laugh I Gat Last Week' in Kirkby Stephen dialect; recites numbers 1 to 20, multiples of 10 to 100 and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words. [Side 2] Blan...
Proverbs, Maxims, Idioms, Colloquialisms ... and Others in Daily Speech
Taylor, Nicola Jane Celia
1974
A collection of phrases and expressions gathered from printed and oral sources, arranged alphabetically and including for each entry details of provenance, and (in some cases) brief explanations and e...
Sound Recordings, Lancashire and North Yorkshire
Cook, Catherine
1970-1971
Mr. Exley, recorded in Colne (Lancashire), talks about his hobby collecting country stories; dialect in country humour; relates stories concerning a vicar and a villager, a farmer and a late farmworke...
Yorkshire Sayings
Metcalfe, Graham (1945-)
[1970s]
Ms. list of Yorkshire sayings and rhymes, mostly in dialect, and two Yorkshire riddles, collected by Graham Metcalfe, a Yorkshire native born in Poppleton, and resident in York at the time of writing.
Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
23 Feb 1939
[Side 1] Mr and Mrs. Brown discuss holidays; George Brown and Mrs. Roe talk about recent day trips. [Side 2] rs. Brown, Mr Brown, George, Mrs. Roe, Hunter, Mrs. Cooper and Maggie demonstrate pronuncia...