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Märchen
1980-1981
This file contains Claude Luttrell's paper on folk-tale elements in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', reprinted from 'Studies in Philology', volume LXXVII, number 2 (Spring 1981), pp. 105-127; and By...
The Living Dialect of Broughton in Furness, in the County of Lancashire
Round, Mabel G
1949
M.A. thesis examining the dialect of Broughton in Furness, based on data collected between September 1947 and April 1948. Its six chapters give a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect recor...
Administration
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1980-1983
Papers concerned with administrative matters relating to Sanderson as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). These include typed memos regarding the acquisition of videota...
Comparisons to a Creature Not Identified as Animal or Man
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
[1960s]
This file contains two typed copies of a paper by Sanderson on riddles containing comparisons to a living creature/being, 38 leaves; and typed and ms. notes by Sanderson detailing formatting and corre...
A Study of the Use of Dialect in Thomas Hardy's Novels and Short Stories with Special Reference to Phonology and Vocabulary
Baugner, Ulla
1972
A doctoral dissertation which examines certain dialectal features in Thomas Hardy's novels and short stories, and assesses to what extent Hardy can be said to give a faithful representation of the dia...
Folktale Studies and Philology: Some Points of View
Sydow, Carl Wilhelm von (1878-1952)
1965
Photocopy of an article from 'The Study of Folklore' (1965) pp. 220-242, in turn reprinted from C.W. von Sydow, 'Selected Papers on Folklore', edited by Laurits Bødker (Copenhagen: Rosenkilde og Bagg...
McCaffery: A Study in the Variation and Function of a Ballad
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
[1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of Tony Green's typed paper (with ms. corrections) on the ballad 'McCaffery', [54] leaves. The paper consists of a discussion of eight oral versions of the ballad, inclu...
Papers on Allendale Town Dialect
Dixon, Hubert
[1929-1969]
This file contains a typed series of articles, originally written for the 'Hexham Courant' (ca. 1929-1939), on the dialect of Allendale Town, Northumberland. The author, Hubert Dixon, was a native of ...
Verse
[1960s-1970s]
This subseries contains items relating to verse and folk poetry. The subject matter includes British monologues; long narrative verse including 'Beowulf' and other Old English poetry; copies of pages ...
Irish Music
1974-1975
This file contains copies of three publications containing the melodies to Irish tunes. These include 'Music From Ireland', volumes 1 and 2, compiled by Dave Bulmer and Neil Sharpley (n.p.: B&S, 1974)...
Canterbury Tales Prologue Extract
[1950s-1960s]
Copy from an unidentified publication of the first 19 lines of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Prologue to the Canterbury Tales', in Middle English. The page includes a glossary.
Richard II, Act II, Scene 1 Extract
[1950s-1960s]
Copy from an unidentified publication of lines 40-50 from Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's 'King Richard II'.