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Total number of records: 38

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culture38
english language - dialects38
community life22
folk music13
education11
folklore11
manners and customs11
occupations9
communication8
persons8

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Houck, Charles L4
Green, Anthony E (1943-)3
Harrop, Peter K3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Russell, Ian2
Aldous, Leonard1
Allen, Harold1
Bailey, Charles James N1
Bartle, Billy1
Beezer, Mr.1

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Archive File

Proverbs and Sayings of the Potteries

1964-1965

This file contains a series of ms. correspondence with Stewart Sanderson from informants in the Potteries (i.e. the Stoke-on-Trent area), in response to articles in the 'Hanley Daily Sentinel' and the...

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Proverbs: General

1971-1975

This file contains an ms. letter from Michael Cram to Angus McIntosh (Dept. of English Language, University of Edinburgh) regarding the origins of a proverb (26 November 1972), with an a accompanying ...

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Conventional Expressions

1964-1979

This file contains a photocopy of Irene Teoh Brosnahan's paper, 'The Haptics of the English Handshake', from 'IRAL: International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching', volume XVII, numb...

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Essex, Middlesex and London Responses: Book I

[1960s]

Collated responses from locations in Essex, Middlesex and London to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Questionnaire Book I: The Farm. Missing questions I.1.1, I.1.3, and I.1.4.

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Harrop, Peter K

24 December 1977

[Collector announcement]; Bampton Mummers, recorded in Bampton, performing their Christmas play in the Morris Clown pub [Tr. 1], the Jubilee pub [Tr. 2], the Talbot pub (includes collector's conversat...

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Archive File

Papers on Children's Songs and Folklore

Davey, Gwenda

1975-1980

This file contains documentation produced to accompany the 'Multicultural Cassette Series: Stories, Songs and Rhymes for Young Children', produced by Gwenda Davey, and recorded by Norman O'Conner (Vic...

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Archive Sub-collection

Survey of English Dialects

1893-1995

This subfonds contains Harold Orton's SED and academic related papers, and items concerning the elicitation, collection, collation and publication of English dialect data. The published data, hereafte...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Russell, Ian

June-August 1971

Tommy Hoyland sings 'Six Jolly Miners', and talks about the Grenoside Sword Dance. Recorded in the Shoulder of Mutton pub, Worrall, near Sheffield, on 13 June 1971. [Tr. 3] Douglas Marsden sings 'As...

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[Lists of Forms]

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

This file contains papers which record the different word forms collected at different locations, and in different counties, on a single sheet or set of sheets. The recordings all appear to have been ...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire

Russell, Ian

19 Mar 1970 - 13 Oct 1970

Ronnie Marples sings the 'Derby Tup', and discusses the words of the song. Recorded at Marsh Lane, 19 March 1970. [Tr. 4] Harold Allen sings a mining parody of 'We Plough the Fields and Scatter'. Re...

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Lists of Forms

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

This file contains papers which record the different word forms collected at different locations, and in different counties, on a single sheet or set of sheets. The recordings all appear to have been ...

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Archive File

Folk Drama: General

1956-1980

This file contains a copy of Alex Helm's typed 'Index of Folk Plays' (complete to June 1956), [41] leaves, with ms. annotations; a copy of 'Traditional Drama: S[urvey of] L[anguage and] F[olklore]. Re...

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