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Total number of records: 77

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Archives75
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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture75
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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folklore77
culture75
oral traditions75
literature and folklore42
manners and customs41
english language - dialects39
community life33
persons30
folk music25
occupations20

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England1
Selje (Norway)1

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Cook, Catherine5
Olayemi, Rufus V K5
Edge, Christine3
Thomson, Sydney3
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy2
Longthorne, Fred2
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S2
Traynor, Helena M2
Whitney, Norman F2

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Slogans of the North of England

Denham, Michael Aislabie

1851

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Dar finst korkje vind elder væte : munnlege folketradisjonar frå Selje

Djupedal, Emil J; Djupedal, Reidar; Djupedal, Ingrid

1992

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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