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Dar finst korkje vind elder væte : munnlege folketradisjonar frå Selje
Djupedal, Emil J; Djupedal, Reidar; Djupedal, Ingrid
1992
The Blason Populaire of England
Stern, Janet L
1972
This dissertation is a study of place and community, and in particular (local) sayings about places, characterised by eleven distinguishing material and non-material features. The focus is on English ...
An Annotated Collection of Visayan Riddles from Leyte and Samar, Philippines
Vilches, Ma Luz C
1980
M.A. dissertation comprising an annotated collection of riddles from the Philippines (islands of Leyte and Samar), gathered by the collector from the archive of the Divine Word University Museum in Ta...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Cook, Catherine
[March 1971]
Recordings made in Middlesmoor. Male informant tells the story of George Sunter selling two dogs at Richmond market; male informant tells the story of the horse Stockton Maggie; the Devil appearing to...
An Annotated Collection of Oral Tales and Traditions from South Somerset with an Appendix of Comparative Material from the District Around Blandford Forum, Dorset
Palmer, Kingsley
1971
M.Phil. thesis in two volumes. Volume One contains a general introduction to the Somerset tales and traditions, including methods of collection and classification. The main body of the volume presents...
The Style and Structure of The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight, based on A[arne] - T[hompson] 313 Versions in Dr. Katherine Briggs' A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales, Part A, Folk Narratives, Volume 1
Morgan, John S
1972
M.A. dissertation suggesting that the folktale is not only an art form worthy of serious consideration in itself, but that the storyteller is a gifted performer whose performances merit critical appra...
Some Chewa Folk Stories from Central Malawi
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S
1978
M.A. dissertation which discusses a methodological approach to the study of Chewa traditional narratives, drawing on fieldwork carried out in the Central Region of Malawi between August 1975 and Septe...
The Wise Men of Gotham
Lewis, Wendy Hilary
1974
An examination of thirty-four tales told by, and of, the people of Gotham in Nottinghamshire, with reference both to published and oral versions of stories which tell of the foolishness and trickery o...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Cook, Catherine
[1970-1971]
Male informants in conversation in a pub [?in Ramsgill, November 1970], talking about Dead Mans Hill; Yorke's Folly; the ghost of a monk at Bewerley Hall; the Yorke family. Male informants recorded ...
The Romance of Sassi: A Critical and Comparative Study
Shan, Harnam Singh
1964
A study of the Indian tragic romance legend of 'Sassi Punnun', submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Indian Lore and Literature) in the Arts Faculty of the University of London, through th...
Military Humour
Wills, Caroline
1979
A study of verbal military humour, based on written items sent to the collector from a British Army unit based in Antwerp (70 items), and 500 items from the Humor in Uniform pages of the 'Readers' Dig...