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Dialect and Linguistic Pamphlets
1940-1974
This file contains 19 dialect- and linguistics-related pamphlets, offprints and reprints, deposited in the Dialect File. Many include inscriptions from the author to Harold Orton. Includes: - Der La...
West Country Folklore Pamphlets
1969-1975
This file contains pamphlets from the 'West Country Folklore Series', edited by Theo Brown. The pamphlets in this file relate to the folklore of Dorset and Devon, although the series covers all counti...
Two Stirlingshire Hero-Combat Plays
1980
This file contains a pamphlet published by the University of Stirling in 1980, containing the texts of two hero-combat plays from the Stirlingshire area. These are 'Galations', as printed in a pamphle...
Historical Events
1969-1975
This file contains Theo Brown's pamphlet, 'Trojans in the West Country' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1970), 16 pp.; L. V. Grinsell's pamphlet on the folklore of Stanton Drew (St. Peter Port: Toucan ...
Tape Recording of Local Dialect
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1971
Two photocopies of a paper by Stanley Ellis, outlining the methodology and equipment used in the tape recording of local dialect. Copied from a pamphlet published in 1971 for the Standing Conference o...
A Bibliography of Books in English on Witchcraft to Which is Appended a Chronological List of Some Yorkshire Witchcraft Trials
Hatfield, E A
1968
The typed part of this study is the transcribed records of Yorkshire witchcraft trials (1583-1809), copied from original manuscripts. This part also includes an introduction explaining the selection, ...
BBC File 1
1957-1958
Typed list of Lancashire words and phrases from Clifford Heyworth, Honorary Secretary of the Lancashire Authors’ Association, sent in response to a talk by Harold Orton on “Woman’s Hour”, broa...
Old English Crafts Films
Hanna, Sam (1903-1996)
[ca. 1972]
This file contains items relating to the series of educational (16mm colour) films made by Sam Hanna on traditional English crafts. This includes a printed pamphlet on the series, including a list of ...
The Helston Furry Dance
Cunnack, Edward M
1963
This file contains a photocopy of Edward Cunnack's pamphlet on the Helston Furry Dance (Helston: Flora Day Association and the Stewards of the Helston Furry Dance, 1963) 20 pp. This includes a descrip...
Miscellaneous Folklore Papers
1964-1979
Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...
Dialect File
[1933-1998]
This series contains items deposited in the Dialect File. In addition to papers on aspects of dialects and language, in particular English and United States English, the series includes glossaries of ...
Regional Social Histories
1969-1982
This subseries contains items relating largely to the social history of specific areas, including details of folk custom. Of the subseries' eight component parts, six are photocopies of original manus...