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Education - Miscellaneous

1970-1975

This file contains a photocopy of a typed paper listing details of oral history projects in Great Britain and Ireland, compiled by David Lance of the Imperial War Museum (December 1975), 17 pp.; and a...

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A Folkloristic Approach to Traditional Educational Processes in Igbo

Oduah, Gabriel Ikechukwu

1981

M.A. dissertation on aspects of the folk life of the Igbo people living in south-eastern Nigeria. The study is divided into three sections, the first containing chapters on the Igbo people (their geog...

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The Little enquirer, or, Instructive conversations for children from five to six years of age

1830

On geography and manners and customs. Hand-colored illustrations. Publisher's ads, [4] p. at end.

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Scenes in Africa : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers

Taylor, Isaac (1759-1829)

1824

Folding map frontispiece. Publisher's ads [1] p. at end.

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Popular Beliefs and Superstitions in Iboland

Uzokwe, Francis C

1979

This file contains a paper by Francis Uzokwe of the Ministry of Education, Owerri, Nigeria, on beliefs and superstitions in Imo State, Nigeria. The paper includes a list of 30 numbered beliefs.

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"Gypsies and Travellers in Yorkshire"

Wyman, Melvyn

1980

M.A. study of Gypsy Traveller culture, and their material culture in particular, based on fieldwork carried out on camp sites in West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire, at the National Gypsy Education Cou...

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France in the eighteenth century : its institutions, customs and costumes

Lacroix, Paul; Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

1963

"Illustrated with over 300 wood engravings."--Title page. "First published in 1876 under the title: The eighteenth century: its institutions, customs, and costumes. France 1700-1789."--Title page ver...

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Staithes

Day, Angela M

1967

A study of Staithes in North Yorkshire, in two sections. The first considers the community, and contains an introduction to the village and its history, and sections on the social pattern (dress, educ...

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A Study of Language and Folklore in Batley and Surrounding Areas

Holdsworth, Valerie M

1971

A Special Study submitted as part of an unidentified course at Eaton Hall College of Education, Retford, in 1971. The study comprises a collection of folklore items, gathered from eleven informants li...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Mr. Fisher of Thornhill, recorded in 1962; talks about working in a coal mine - hours of work, wages, scale picking (as a youngster); pushing tubs underground; describes the layout underground and the...

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