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Total number of records: 36

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persons36
culture32
english language - dialects30
folk music30
community life15
humor13
play13
manners and customs12
occupations11
agriculture8

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Baldwin, John R9
Dunn, Ginette8
Cook, R. G.3
Cooke, Jane A3
Ling, Ruby3
Miller, T. J.3
Powell, George3
Agg, Albert2
Bennett, George2
Green, A.2

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Sound Recordings, London and Kent

Wetton, Anne Lindsey

July-August 1973

Compilation of field recordings made in Abbey Wood, Charlton, Plumstead and Swanley. Six informants sing a selection of popular love songs, including 'Dolly Gray', 'The Old Rustic Bridge', 'The Rose o...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Baldwin, John R

1966

Muriel Moss, recorded at home in Oxford, sings 'Lord Lovel', 'The Banks of the Sweet Dundee', 'The Dark Eyed Sailor', 'John Barleycorn' [fragment], 'Christchurch Bells', 'Rosetta was a Farmer's Daught...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

26 November 1976

Singing as part of the Ugthorpe Quoits Club Quoits Supper, recorded in the Black Bull pub, Ugthorpe. Conclusion of session which starts on LAVC/SRE/A454r. Male sings 'The Rose of Tralee' and 'Will You...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1975

George Bennett[?recorded at home in Snape in 1975]. His ?wife/?sister is also present. Sings 'Little Jimmy Tiddler', ''Mid Shot and Shell' [words indistinct], 'I Have a Saviour'; information on 'Littl...

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The Phonology of the Living Dialect of Hargrave

Wilson, David S

1963

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Hargrave, Northamptonshire, based on one informant's responses to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and an analysis of a tape recording of t...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

31 October 1977

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play, outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh. Very low recording level. Traffic noise obscures the speakers' voices on occasion. [Tr. 1] Antrobus Sou...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

9 September 1974

Ruby Ling, recorded at home in Snape; sings 'Hymns My Mother Sang', 'Yes, We Have No Bananas', 'The Melody that Makes You Mine', 'Carolina Moon', 'Tie a String Around Your Finger', 'Yes I Wonder, Yes ...

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Stereotypes in English Folk Song

Ferris, Deborah Morwenna

1981

[M.A.] dissertation which suggests that male stereotypes are identifiable by their occupational name, and that from a reference in a song to a man of a certain occupation, a great deal can be predicte...

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Sound Recordings, London and Kent

Wetton, Anne Lindsey

August-September 1973

Helen McEwan and her two sisters, recorded in New Cross on the 30 August 1973; sing a number of popular songs (unaccompanied); talk also about where and when they learned them (family evenings); prefe...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire

Baldwin, John R

1966

George Powell, recorded in Wigginton; sings 'Jim the Carter's Lad' [fragment], 'Beer Beer Glorious Beer' [fragment] and 'Joan's Ale'. [Tr. 1] Tom Timms and George Powell, recorded in Wigginton. Tom ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

11 September 1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall; talks about the village Youth Hostel; her parents and siblings; food, diet and bread baking; own family and children; working in service; childhood in L...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Baldwin, John R

1966-1967

George Powell, recorded in his home in Wigginton. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A476r. Sings 'Jim the Carter's Lad', 'Beer Beer Glorious Beer' [fragment] and 'Joan's Ale'. Mr. ...

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