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The Black Country Dialect in the Cradley Heath Area
Manley, Sandra
1971
M.A. dissertation on the Black Country dialect as it is spoken in and around Cradley Heath, with particular focus on the vocabularies of the hand-made nail and chain trades. Three chapters describe th...
SED Word Map (Lincolnshire): Cowhouse
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Experimental printed word map of Lincolnshire, completed in ms., for SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse, mapping responses Cow House, Cow Stable and Cow Hovel.
To the Readers of ARV
Strömbäck, Dag (1900-1978)
1978
Address written by Dag Strömbäck on his retirement from the staff of 'ARV', a journal of Scandinavian folklore, giving an overview of the publication and his work during his 27 years as editor.
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
29 October 1970
Grace Walton singing and playing the piano and accordion in her home in Lodge Moor, Sheffield. The instrumental pieces are mainly local Christmas carols. Includes also the reading of a poem and part o...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Nafferton, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
14 Apr 1955
[Side 1] Cyril talks about local choir, recalls ploughing and showing horses all round country, explains traditional ploughing technique and terms incl. 'headland' [= strip of unploughed land at end o...
"Tinker's Caravan"
1967
Gypsy Traveller caravan on display at the Ulster Folk Museum (now the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum), Cultra (County Down). A man and woman are looking inside the caravan.
Märchen
1980-1981
This file contains Claude Luttrell's paper on folk-tale elements in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', reprinted from 'Studies in Philology', volume LXXVII, number 2 (Spring 1981), pp. 105-127; and By...
Maori Folk Literature 2
Orbell, Margaret Rose
1973-1975
This file contains 2 offprints by Margaret Orbell on Maori folktales, being 'Two Versions of the Maori Story of Te Tahi o te Rangi', offprinted from the 'Journal of the Polynesian Society', volume 82,...