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culture8
english language - dialects8
folk music5
folk dancing4
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manners and customs4
archive administration2
history2
language and languages2
literature and folklore2

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Buckland, Theresa Jill3
Russell, Ian2
Fowell, Ann1
Fowell, Douglas1
Hobson, Alf1
Hollins, Ken1
Hollins, Richard1
North, David J1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Playford, Averil H1

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The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Buckland, Theresa Jill

1976

A study of the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, performed traditionally once a year in September. The custom was witnessed by the collector in 1974 and 1975, and further fieldwork undert...

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SED Word Map: Hoar-Frost
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SED Word Map: Hoar-Frost

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); North, David J

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question VII.6.6, Hoar-Frost, mapping responses Hime, Himy Frost, White Hime, Hind, Hindy Frost, White Hind, Rag, Raggy Frost, White Rag, Rime, Rime Frost, Rimy F...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

December 1970

Assembled company singing carols in the Castle pub, Bolsterstone, accompanied on the piano. Pianist's name not identified. Recorded on 13 December 1970[Tr. 1]. Further sessions in the same location re...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

November-December 1970

Assembled company singing carols and popular songs in the Bridge pub, Charlton Brook , accompanied on the accordion by Alf Hobson. Recorded 22 November 1970. [Tr. 4]. Assembled company singing carol...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Buckland, Theresa Jill

08/Sep/1975 - 08/Sep/1975

Douglas Fowell, accompanist to the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, recorded in Abbots Bromley; plays tunes on the piano accordion: 'Cock of the North', 'The Girl I Left Behind Me' , 'River of Jordan', 'Off...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Buckland, Theresa Jill

10/Dec/1975 - 10/Dec/1975

Ann Fowell, recorded in Abbots Bromley on the 10 December 1975 ; talks about the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - the whereabouts of the whip seen in a photograph of the Hobby Horse; husband, James Fowell,...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland

Playford, Averil H

1957

M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...

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Folk Dance: General

[1971-1979]

This file contains a photocopy of the English Folk Dance and Song Society's leaflet number 15, 'Folk Dance Articles in the Journal of the English Folk Dance Society, Journal of the English Folk Dance ...

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