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Games and Pastimes
1969-1976
This file comprises four photographic prints of historic European playing cards, accompanied by a photocopy of a typed key to the plates; a photocopy of Frank Weatherill's typed and ms. notes on the g...
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...
SED Word Map: Dovecote
Wakelin, Martyn F; North, David J
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map for SED question I.1.7, Dovecote, mapping responses Cove, Pigeon-Cove, Dove-Cot(e), Pigeon-Dove-Cot(e), Dove-House, Pigeon-Dove-House, Locker, Pigeon-Locker, Pigeon-Cot(e...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
November 1972
Assembled company and soloists singing (with organ accompaniment) in the Royal pub, Dungworth, near Sheffield. The soloists are Howard Bower, Mr. Damand Joe Wallace. Includes also a medley of popular ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Beckingham, Lincolnshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
29 Sep 1952
[Side 1] George talks briefly about keeping pigs, discusses shooting rabbits and pheasants before rheumatism affected his ability to shoot, recalls recent harsh winter when river froze over, briefly m...
Stätt och stätta i Norden : ett verbalabstrakts betydelseutveckling och ett bidrag till studiet av hägnadsterminologien
Fries, Sigurd
1964
With summary in German.
Yorkshire lyrics : poems written in the dialect as spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire : To which are added a selection of fugitive verses not in the dialect
Hartley, John (1839-1915)
[1898]
Dedication dated 1898.
A critical appraisal of the Survey of English dialects
Viereck, Wolfgang
1973
Offprint from Orbis, tome XXII, no. 1, 1973.
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
6 November 1972
Assembled company and soloist Ian Siswick singing at The Stanhope Arms pub, Dunford Bridge. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A154r.
Checkley (Herefordshire)
Voitl, Herbert
[1960s]
View of Checkley village (Herefordshire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 15/4.
Museums
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...
The Living Dialect of Beckingham, Lincolnshire
Ellison, Hilary A
1973
A study of the dialect spoken in the Lincolnshire village of Beckingham, based on interviews conducted with three principal informants during Easter 1972. In addition to this data, the collector also ...