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Informant Correspondence.
Wakelin, Martyn F
1964
Correspondence from informants and their relatives addressed to Martyn Wakelin, relating biographical information not originally collected by fieldworkers, and additional details on villages, March - ...
Sound Recordings, Warwickshire
Wharton, Colin S
1967-1968
Jack Bury, recorded in Winderton; talks about harvesting methods - fagging, tying sheaves and leaving to stand for three bells (i.e. three Sundays); discusses a ?sheppick (hay fork); labour force on t...
Sound Recording, Warwickshire
Wharton, Colin S
1968
[Collector announcement]; Mrs. E. Sutton, recorded in Aston Cantlow[conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A262r]; talks about a blackthorn winter; weatherlore; cures for warts (broad b...
Sound Recordings, Warwickshire
Wharton, Colin S
1967
Danny Bachelor, recorded at home in Ratley, describes a plant remedy for shingles (used c. 1900); describes cattle cures; mesmerising chickens; breaking eggs; charming animals (horses); use of saltpet...
Armstrong College Theses
Armstrong College (University of Durham)
1930-1939
Undergraduate theses by students of Armstrong College on the dialects of ten localities in Northumberland. Each of the theses focusses on the phonology of the individual dialects.