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Yorkshire Dialect and North Country Songs
[ca. 1934-1960s]
This file contains a printed score and the text of J. Perkins' 'Pratty Flowers', or 'Holmfirth Anthem', no. 4 in the series 'Yorkshire Dialect Songs' (Leeds: Banks, ca. 1934); and illustrated greeting...
Parish and Church
[1965-1975]
This subseries, comprising a single file only, includes Werner Kissling's ms. notes on the Foresters' Walk in Coverdale (connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters) and its byelaws; Margaret Ottley...
The Shrimping Industry in the Southport Area of Lancashire
Stringfellow, Jonathan
1966
A study of the local shrimping industry to the north and south of Southport, based on fieldwork carried out during the months of April, August and September 1965. The study's sections present an intro...
A Thesis on Children's Games Observed and Recorded in the London Area
Hughes, Mary C
1964
A collection of children's games, songs and rhymes collected in the London area. Classification is according to type, and the items recorded are presented in fourteen sections. Each section is precede...
Children's Games and Lore. Leeds and Liverpool
Russell, June
1978
A descriptive account of children's games and lore, based on items collected during the summer of 1977 from children at play in the street in Kirkby, Merseyside, and during September of the same year ...
The Customs and Traditions of the Staffordshire Regiment
Harvey, M C
1970
A dissertation which records and analyses the customs and traditions of the Staffordshire Regiment of the British Army, based on written sources and interviews with past and present members of the Reg...
Somerset Cider Making
Gallon, K S
1966
An investigation of cider makers employing methods considered as within the West Country tradition of making, i.e. still sharing basic similarities with recorded descriptions of the methods used by si...
Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.
[1961-1982]
This file contains various leaflets, printed volumes and other items relating to places of historical/folk interest, and folk-related collections. This includes a general leaflet for Bunratty Folk Par...
Written Dialect Tradition in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Harris, Wendy
1973
An examination of song, recitation in verse and prose, and other items created for either public or private performance, appearing in dialect form and gathered from written or printed sources covering...
Folk Song: General
1959-1981
This file contains typed song texts for 'Ah'm an O'wd Age Penshoner' (provenance unknown); a photocopy of the text and tune for 'Charley of Armor', collected from Captain Shields by Geoff Wood, from a...