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Total number of records: 22

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Archives18
Books and printed items4

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture13
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3
Cookery Collection2
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection2
Brotherton Collection1

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health22
well-being13
culture11
english language - dialects9
persons8
community life6
letter writing5
nature5
education4
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Dunn, Ginette3
Arnaldus2
Arnaldus De Villanova (1311)2
Joannes2
Joannes De Mediolano2
Paynell, Thomas2
Paynell, Thomas (1567-)2
Savage, Priscilla (1881-1881)2
Bell, Wendy Marion1
Cook, Wendy E (1940-)1

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Archive File

Essex, Middlesex and London Responses: Book VI

[1960s]

Collated responses from locations in Essex, Middlesex and London to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Questionnaire Book VI: The Human Body.

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Essex, Middlesex and London Responses: Book IX

[1960s]

Collated responses from locations in Essex, Middlesex and London to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Questionnaire Book IX: States, Actions, Relations.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 10

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 10: The Foot. Includes questions VI.10.1 Foot - VI.10.10 Feet.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 12

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 12: General Diseases. Includes questions VI.12.1 Measles - VI.12.5 Worst.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 13

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 13: Physical States. Includes questions VI.13.1 Well/Ill/Sick - VI.13. 10 Thirsty.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 13

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 13. Includes questions VI.13.11 Drunk/Drunken - VI.13.20 Naked.

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Regimen sanitatis Salerni : this booke teachyng all people to gouerne them in healthe

Arnaldus de Villanova (1311); Joannes de Mediolano; Paynell, Thomas (fl. 1528-1567)

1557

The Latin verses, which have been attributed to Joannes de Mediolano, are accompanied by an English translation of Arnaldus de Villanova's commentary. Imprint from colophon. Signatures: *⁸ +⁸ ...

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Regimen sanitatis Salerni : this booke teachyng all people to gouerne the[m] in health

Arnaldus de Villanova (1311); Joannes de Mediolano; Paynell, Thomas (fl. 1528-1567)

1575

The Latin verses, which have been attributed to Joannes de Mediolano, are accompanied by an English translation of Arnaldus de Villanova's commentary. Signatures: A⁸ **⁸ B-Y⁸. Includes bibli...

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Will [?] to Maurice de Sausmarez

10 Mar 1940

Handwritten postcard from Will [?] to Maurice de Sausmarez, sending well wishes and thanks for a book and letter.

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Treatments and Cures

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains items relating to traditional treatments and cures for common diseases and ailments. This includes a photocopy of the 'Home Remedies' section of 'The Foxfire Book', edited by Eliot ...

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Bernard Dunstan and Diana Armfield to Maurice de Sausmarez

1935-1969

Handwritten letters and postcards from the artists Bernard Dunstan and Diana Armfield to Maurice de Sausmarez, describing trips to Cologne in Germany and the Lake District, congratulations on de Saus...

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Folk Medicine in Lancashire

Bell, Wendy Marion

1976

A study of folk medicine (prophylactics, customs, beliefs and cures), past and present, in Lancashire. Research was based on fieldwork interviews and the consultation of printed sources. Ten chapters ...

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