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Survey of English Dialects recording in Tingewick, Buckinghamshire
Nov 1957
[Side 1] Frank talks about badger baiting, recalls one time when he and gang of thirty villagers caught four badgers, recalls dogs he has kept, describes incident when he and dog were attacked by sows...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire
04 Jan 1955
[Side 1] Frank recalls catching particularly impressive hare, describes skinning and curing hare. [Side 2] Frank talks about sheep farming, incl. lambing, dipping, shearing, taking to market, describ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Lowick, Northumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
14 Feb 1953
[Side 1] Robert recalls schooldays in nearby Duddo, tells anecdote about old groom giving children lift to school, new groom refused so one day Robert and friends pelted his trap with stones, brief de...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Bedale, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
10 Oct 1952
[Side 1] Jim tells anecdote about local man who saw balloon in 'midden' [= pit below earth closet] after visit to toilet, explains man had never seen balloon before so assumed he must have passed it s...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ansty, Dorset
Dec 1956
[Side 1] Jim recalls occasion when Ansty was snowed in for a week, remembers meeting baker to collect bread delivery and helping dig road out, reflects on rapid changes in village incl. increase of 'f...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Tuddenham, Suffolk
Sep 1959
[Side 1] Bill tells anecdote about elephant escaping from local zoo, talks about 'clipping' [= shearing] season (May to June), recalls regularly clipping 40 sheep a day and 1,000 sheep in a season, in...