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Leeds Teaching Notes
Brunk, Wille
[1966-1968]
This file contains papers created by Brunk for use in tutorials and lectures given to undergraduate students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The papers contained within this...
Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.
1836-1985
The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...
Bell Ropes
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Bell ropes at St. Edmund's Church, Castleton (Derbyshire). The ropes used are made by local ropemaker Herbert Marrison.
Ropemaking: Finished Rope
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Finished rope made by Herbert Marrison at Peak Cavern, Castleton (Derbyshire). The rope has three strands. The number of threads in the strand is varied according to the purpose of the rope.
Hay Ropemaking: Hobbling Rope
McNay, Ian
1965
Farmer using a hobbling rope made of hay to immobilise a sheep, Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales). Hobbling ropes for use with sheep and goats are also depicted in slide LAVC/PHO/S607.
Hay Rope and Hay Sledge
McNay, Ian
1966
Two farmworkers securing a stack of hay covered with rushes (to keep out the rain) using a length of hay rope, in a field on the Lleyn Peninsular (North Wales). This is the main use to which hay ropes...
Potholers
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Three young male potholers, equipped with helmets and ropes, standing in front of the entrance to an unidentified cavern [possibly near Castleton in Derbyshire]. Cavers and potholers use ropes made by...
Castleton Garland
McNay, Ian
September 1965
George Bramall and an unidentified male using ropes to construct the frame upon which a flower garland is fixed. The whole construction is worn by the Garland King during the Castleton Garland ceremon...
Rope Bolls for Canal Boats
McNay, Ian
1966
Rope bolls of various shapes and sizes for use on canal boats, at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). The bolls...
Hay Ropemaking: Equipment
McNay, Ian
1966
Tools used for making hay rope, Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales). The tools consist of two hard wooden handles, one of which turns freely (to twist the rope), and a groove over which the the hay is faste...
Photographic Prints
University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies
c.1962-c.1984
This series contains over 2100 individual photographic prints, contact prints, and contact print sheets. Over 1800 of these photographs were deposited in photo files, which were created as part of the...
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies)
University of Leeds
1836-2003
The Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture comprises the combined multiple media holdings of the archives of the Survey of English Dialects (ca. 1946-1978) directed by Harold Orton, and the University of...