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Leaves from the note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill (c.2)
Nevill, Lady Dorothy (1826-1913); Nevill, Ralph (1865-1930); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982); R. & R. Clark (Firm)
1907
Publisher's advertisements on 2-3 unnumbered pages at end.
Leaves from the note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill
Nevill, Lady Dorothy (1826-1913); Nevill, Ralph (1865-1930); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982); R. & R. Clark (Firm)
1907
Publisher's advertisements on 2-3 unnumbered pages at end.
Decorated Egg
[1960s]
A hard-boiled, decorated egg, coloured with a food-based(?) red/pink dye. The shell is patterned with stencils made from small fern leaves and wild flowers.
Popular Customs of Thrace
Kanellou-Thanassoulas, Alexandra
[ca. early-mid 1970s]
This file contains a typed paper, with ms. corrections, on the celebration of the Anastenari and the Kalogeros in North-Eastern Thrace, [24] pp.; and a photocopy of a typed paper, annotated in ms. [?b...
Appleby Horse Fair
Caunce, Stephen
1972
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Stephen Caunce, consisting of an account of a visit to the last day of Appleby Horse Fair in June 1972 ([5] leaves). The account includes descriptions...
Village Song and Culture: A Study Based on the Blunt Collection of Song from Adderbury, North Oxfordshire
Pickering, Michael J
1981
This file contains a complete photocopy of a typed draft, with ms. corrections, of Pickering's study of the folk songs of Adderbury, as published by Croom Helm , 1982, [viii], 281 leaves. The book was...
Pregnancy and Birth
1964-1976
This file contains items relating to pregnancy and birth customs, and includes a typed paper by Mrs. A. Pennie on baby lore and luck in love (1964), 5 leaves; a photocopy of Audrey Chamberlain's artic...
Crime
[1972-1983]
This file contains items on criminal activities, including highway robbery and coining. This includes an ms note from Ivor Clissold to Tony Green describing a custom undertaken on leaving prison, coll...
Sound Recording, Cornwall
Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)
July 1963
Harry Welshman, recorded in Duloe; talks about his time in the village; agricultural work and wages; leaving school aged fourteen; father's work as a gamekeeper; Army service during World War One; tak...
Occasional Poetry
[1970-1973]
This file contains ms. notes on verses written following the Lofthouse Colliery disaster and their authors; a printed copy of Ephraim Mugglestone's poem, 'The Tragedy of the Lofthouse Colliery Disaste...
Topping Out Ceremony
July 1967
Topping out ceremony at a new block of flats near Swiss Cottage, London. The ceremony is traditional in the building industry, and marks either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in t...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
[1970s]
Mr. J. Froggatts, recorded in Chapelthorpe; talks about Pontefract Horse Fair; anecdotes relating to his family; biographical details; half time at school aged twelve, working part-time in the pit; le...