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Ashton Keynes Response Book - 32W1
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Ashton Keynes Response Book - 32W1

Wright, John T

21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Mémoires historiques, littéraires et anecdotiques, tirés de la correspondence philosophique et critique : addressée au duc de Saxe Gotha, depuis 1770 jusqu'en 1792 (v.1)

Grimm, Friedrich Melchior Freiherr von (1723-1807); Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Ernest duc de Saxe Gotha

1813

Contents: t.1. 1770-1776. -- t.2. 1777-1782. -- t.3. 1783-1786. -- t.4. 1787-1790.

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Mémoires historiques, littéraires et anecdotiques, tirés de la correspondence philosophique et critique : addressée au duc de Saxe Gotha, depuis 1770 jusqu'en 1792 (v.2)

Grimm, Friedrich Melchior Freiherr von (1723-1807); Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Ernest duc de Saxe Gotha

1813

Contents: t.1. 1770-1776. -- t.2. 1777-1782. -- t.3. 1783-1786. -- t.4. 1787-1790.

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E

1957-1961

[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A796r]; talks about hedging and ditching, related terminology and tools used; his father's speech; the price of beer/ale; a brewe...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957; talks about his first job, driving a farm waggon at the age of ten; stable work harnessing horses; wages; thoughts on modern farming methods (plo...

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Book II: Farming [Ashton Keynes Response Book]

Wright, John T

21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.

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Book III: Animals [Ashton Keynes Response Book]

Wright, John T

21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Ashton Keynes Response Book]

Wright, John T

21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Book VI: The Human Body [Ashton Keynes Response Book]

Wright, John T

21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Ashton Keynes Response Book]

Wright, John T

21 June 1957 - 5 Jul 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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