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manners and customs5
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culture3
communities2
community life2
folk music2
folklore2
rites and ceremonies2
agriculture1

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Ashton, John1
Clark, Elizabeth S M1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Ewing, Bill1
Green, Anthony E (1943-)1
Mahoney, Kathryn C1
Slack, Harry1
Todd, Loreto1

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Ashton, John

[1974/1975]

Harry Slack, recorded at home in Leeds, sings 'Little Mother of Mine', 'Bonny Irish Boy'; singing style (adornment); sings 'The Shannon Golden'; learning songs; sings 'The Woman from Wexford'; the sto...

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Devils, Saints and Heroes: A Collection of Stories, Customs and Beliefs from Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes

Clark, Elizabeth S M

1969

A collection of some of the customs, beliefs and narratives from four Scottish islands, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae , Arran and Bute, gathered from printed sources and interviews with selected inhab...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Great Strickland, Westmorland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Jul 1955

[Side 1] Bill describes his 'byre' [= cow-shed] and talks about measures to prevent premature birth of calves, cleaning muck out to 'midden' [= muck heap], recalls introduction of regular testing and ...

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Essex Witchcraft - A Review

Mahoney, Kathryn C

1973

A study of witchcraft in Essex, comprising five chapters. The first concerns origins, and looks at possible beginnings of the witch cult, with a discussion of the social climate of the time when the w...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

23 November 1971

Loreto Todd, recorded at the University of Leeds; talks about the organisation of singing and storytelling in Ireland [informant born in Coalisland, ?studying in the School of English at Leeds at the ...

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