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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture13
Brotherton Collection2
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folklore16
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folk music4
literature and folklore4
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Committee On Ulster Folklife and Traditions2
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum2
Ulster Folk Museum2
Ulster Folklife Society2
Almqvist, Bo1
Bell, Brigid M1
Bell, Mary1
Bell, Robert1
Bell, Sheila1
Bergal, Nancy Ann1

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Fairy legends and traditions of the South of Ireland

Croker, Thomas Crofton (1798-1854)

1834

Imprint from colophon. Dedication signed: T. Crofton Croker - p[vii].

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Other Questionnaires Consulted

1931-1949

This sub-subseries includes questionnaires, and related items, on language and folk culture from England, the Netherlands, Scotland, Switzerland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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Hereditas : essays and studies presented to Professor Séamus Ó Duilearga, former honorary director of the Irish Folklore Commission, editor of Béaloideas, 1927-1973, patron of the Folklore of Ireland Society

Ó Duilearga, Séamus; Almqvist, Bo; Mac Aodha, Breandán S; Mac Eoin, Gearóid; Folklore of Ireland Society

1975

"Publications of Professor Séamus Ó Duilearga": p. 425-431.

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Ethnographical Survey of the United Kingdom

British Association for the Advancement of Science

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains photocopies of items from the Reports of the 65th, 66th and 67th meetings of the British Association ( 1895-1897). The photocopies contain the 3rd, 4th and 5th reports of the Associ...

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Sound Recordings, [Location Unknown]

Bell, Brigid M

28 December 1978

[Collector announcement: interviews with collector's parents and paternal grandmother]; Mary Bell talks about Christmas as a child in Ireland - food, no alcohol; Christmas as mother of collector's fat...

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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

[1961-1982]

This file contains various leaflets, printed volumes and other items relating to places of historical/folk interest, and folk-related collections. This includes a general leaflet for Bunratty Folk Par...

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Items Relating to the Academic Study of Folklife

1959-1978

Typed outline of the M.A. in Modern English Language and Cultural Tradition at the Department of English Language, University of Sheffield; press release on the designation of the Centre for English C...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

25 January 1980

Recorded in John Curtin's home in Leeds, and at the Grove Folk Club (also in Leeds). John Curtin sings an unidentified song, with guitar accompaniment; and tells a story of catching wild boar in Bradf...

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Bonfire Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1967-1968

This sub-subseries contains papers relating to a collaborative survey of bonfire customs conducted by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies at Leeds (IDFLS), and the Department of English at ...

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Fairies, Folklore, and Supernatural Animals

1963-1978

This file contains items relating to fairies, folklore and supernatural animals. This includes a photocopy of the introduction to an article on Robert Kirk's 'The Secret Common-wealth', from the 'Scot...

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Fishing Methods, Etc.

1962-1979

This file contains items relating to traditional fishing methods, including an ms. letter from Richard R. Blewett to Mr. Martin with a newspaper cutting on the use of charmed words to catch fish, incl...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

23 November 1971

Loreto Todd, recorded at the University of Leeds; talks about the organisation of singing and storytelling in Ireland [informant born in Coalisland, ?studying in the School of English at Leeds at the ...

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