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Total number of records: 117

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well-being117
culture116
health83
manners and customs68
community life66
english language - dialects65
occupations63
nature51
folklore49
traditional medicine47

Top 10: People and organisations

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Houck, Charles L5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)5
Upton, Clive S5
Sullivan, Keith Frederick4
Wharton, Colin S4
Crook, Rosemary3
Dunn, Ginette3
Ebot, Wilson Atem3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Wright, John T3
Ejagham Male
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Ejagham Male

Ebot, Wilson Atem

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph, of a seated Ejagham male, possibly a doctor and diviner. He uses his right hand to pour water onto the ground from a bowl next to him.

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SED Page: Foot/Feet (Northern Counties)
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SED Page: Foot/Feet (Northern Counties)

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Page 666 (-top page 667) of Part 2 of the SED Northern Counties Basic Material volume, listing responses to SED question VI.10.1, Foot/Feet, from informants in the six Northern Counties and the Isle o...

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West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 10

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 10: The Foot. Includes questions VI.10.1 Foot - VI.10.10 Feet.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 12

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 12: General Diseases. Includes questions VI.12.1 Measles - VI.12.5 Worst.

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The Folklife of South Warwickshire: A Field Collection with Comparative Annotations and Commentary

Wharton, Colin S

1974

This Ph.D. thesis is divided into three parts. The first (Introduction) defines the word folklore, describes the purpose of the work and the method of approach. The second (The Folklore of South Warwi...

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Preliminary Report on Popular Cures for the Wart

University College London. Survey of English Folklore

1965

This file contains a copy of the preliminary report of the Survey of English Folklore on research into popular cures for warts. The report is based on the examination of around 500 responses relating ...

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SED Questionnaire Page: Pigs and Calls to Animals
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SED Questionnaire Page: Pigs and Calls to Animals

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Page 17 of the SED Questionnaire as published by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, with questions for III.9 Pig Anatomy, and III.10 Calls to Animals and Animal Cries.

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SED Word Map: To Ache
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SED Word Map: To Ache

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in typescript, for SED question VI.13.3, To Ache (of Belly), mapping responses Ache, be Sore, Wark and Warch. The map is labelled The ...

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SED Word Map: Cold
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SED Word Map: Cold

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question VI.13.18, Cold, mapping responses Cold, Starved and Starving. The map is headed Survey of English Dialects: N...

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Snuff

1961-1973

This file contains items on snuff, snuff production and the taking of snuff, including a photocopy of 'Snuff and the Story of Snuff-Taking' (Sheffield: J. & H. Wilson Ltd, [undated]); a photocopy of a...

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SED Word Map: Boils
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SED Word Map: Boils

[Early-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question VI.11.6, Boils, mapping the distribution of responses Boils and Pushes. The map is headed LAE, and titled Distribution of Boils Pushes.

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SED Word Map: Off
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SED Word Map: Off

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Early-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question IX.2.13, Off (as in to fall off a horse), mapping the distribution of the response Off Of. The map is headed Linguistic Atlas of Engla...

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