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The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
Buckland, Theresa Jill
1976
A study of the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, performed traditionally once a year in September. The custom was witnessed by the collector in 1974 and 1975, and further fieldwork undert...
SED Word Map: Hoar-Frost
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); North, David J
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map for SED question VII.6.6, Hoar-Frost, mapping responses Hime, Himy Frost, White Hime, Hind, Hindy Frost, White Hind, Rag, Raggy Frost, White Rag, Rime, Rime Frost, Rimy F...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
December 1970
Assembled company singing carols in the Castle pub, Bolsterstone, accompanied on the piano. Pianist's name not identified. Recorded on 13 December 1970[Tr. 1]. Further sessions in the same location re...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Harby, Leicestershire
03 May 1956
[Side 1] Mr Kemp recalls 'clipping' [= shearing] by hand, talks about process of washing and dipping in past, detailed description of dipping and draining pool, discusses relative value of washed and ...
Dalmålningarna och deras förlagor : en studie i folklig bildgestaltning, 1770-1870
Svärdström, Svante (1906-)
1949
English summary.
Scandinavian personal names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
Fellows Jensen, Gillian
1968
"Med dansk resumé".
The Orton Corpus and Northumbrian phonology : the material from Bamburgh and Bellingham (Northumberland)
Rydland, Kurt
1995
Offprint from English studies, v. 76, no. 6 (November 1995).
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
November-December 1970
Assembled company singing carols and popular songs in the Bridge pub, Charlton Brook , accompanied on the accordion by Alf Hobson. Recorded 22 November 1970. [Tr. 4]. Assembled company singing carol...
Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Buckland, Theresa Jill
08/Sep/1975 - 08/Sep/1975
Douglas Fowell, accompanist to the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, recorded in Abbots Bromley; plays tunes on the piano accordion: 'Cock of the North', 'The Girl I Left Behind Me' , 'River of Jordan', 'Off...
Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Buckland, Theresa Jill
10/Dec/1975 - 10/Dec/1975
Ann Fowell, recorded in Abbots Bromley on the 10 December 1975 ; talks about the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - the whereabouts of the whip seen in a photograph of the Hobby Horse; husband, James Fowell,...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland
Playford, Averil H
1957
M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...
Folk Dance: General
[1971-1979]
This file contains a photocopy of the English Folk Dance and Song Society's leaflet number 15, 'Folk Dance Articles in the Journal of the English Folk Dance Society, Journal of the English Folk Dance ...