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Total number of records: 141

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture141
Rudolf Laban Collections1

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culture141
english language - dialects141
folk drama141
manners and customs96
holidays90
rites and ceremonies80
folk music58
persons44
clothing and dress33
community life23

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Harrop, Peter K36
Ogg, M C14
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)13
Harris, Susan10
Pattison, Susan10
Baldwin, John R8
Russell, Ian8
Green, Anthony E (1943-)5
Tylor, Mr4
Goulburn, David3

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The Dialect of Eaton-by-Tarporley (Cheshire), A Descriptive and Historical Grammar

Anderson, Peter M

1977

Ph.D. thesis which describes the sound system and accidence of the modern Eaton-by-Tarporley dialect and relates this to the system from which it is descended. Chapter 1 demonstrates the interplay bet...

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The Antrobus Soul-Caking Play

Pattison, Susan

1975

M.A. study of the Antrobus soulcaking play, customarily performed at Hallowe'en and during the first two weeks of November each year. The study is presented against a background of earlier scholarly i...

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English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)

Hornsby, G; Lenihan, J M A; Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Riddell, William

[1939]

The majority of recordings were made for the Survey of Northumbrian Dialects, in 1938 and 1939. This survey was inaugurated at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (then part of the University of Du...

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Pace-Eggers

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the late-19th century, which purports to be of the Kirkby Stephen Pace-Eggers, or Jolly Boys. They carry musical instruments (tambourine, fiddle and melodeon), and are dr...

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Lincolnshire Folk Drama Map
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Lincolnshire Folk Drama Map

Ogg, M C

April 1979

Ms. colour map, drawn in felt-tipped pen by M. C. Ogg of Colby (Humberside), showing locations in Lincolnshire where Wooing Plays were performed, and whether or not they included animal disguise. Th...

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Lincolnshire Folk Drama Map
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Lincolnshire Folk Drama Map

Ogg, M C

April 1979

Ms. colour map, drawn in felt-tipped pen by M. C. Ogg of Colby (Humberside), showing locations in Lincolnshire where Wooing Plays were performed, and the routes taken by the groups of performers. Th...

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Sound Recording, Somerset

Read, John (1884-1963)

1 July 1958

Performance of the first two acts of John Read's Somerset dialect play, 'Wold Ways A-Gwain', recorded in Dinder. This follows an introduction and scene-setting by Mr. J. A. Garton.

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Pace-Eggers
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Pace-Eggers

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the late-19th century, which purports to be of the Kirkby Stephen Pace-Eggers, or Jolly Boys. They carry musical instruments (tambourine, fiddle, and melodeon), and are d...

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Lincolnshire Wooing Plays: Illustrations and Maps

Ogg, M C

April 1979

This file contains 11 ms. illustrations of characters from, and two maps relating to, the Wooing Play in Lincolnshire. The illustrations are mainly in felt-tipped pen, although some are shaded in penc...

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Lincolnshire Folk Drama: Dame Jane
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Lincolnshire Folk Drama: Dame Jane

Ogg, M C

April 1979

Ms. illustration, drawn in felt-tipped pen by M. C. Ogg of Colby (Humberside), of Dame Jane, a character from the Alkborough Plough Jags wooing play. The illustration was amongst a series of maps an...

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Lincolnshire Folk Drama: Besom Betty
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Lincolnshire Folk Drama: Besom Betty

Ogg, M C

April 1979

Ms. illustration, drawn in felt-tipped pen by M. C. Ogg of Colby (Humberside), of Besom Betty, a she-male character found in Lincolnshire wooing plays. The illustration was amongst a series of maps ...

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Lincolnshire Folk Drama: Hobby Horse
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Lincolnshire Folk Drama: Hobby Horse

Ogg, M C

April 1979

Ms. illustration, drawn in felt-tipped pen by M. C. Ogg of Colby (Humberside), of Hobby Horse, a character found in Lincolnshire wooing plays. The illustration was amongst a series of maps and illus...

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