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SED Word Map: Rat
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Late 1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question IV.5.3, Rat, mapping the distribution of the responses Rat and Raton. The map is headed Linguistic Atlas of England in ms., was compil...
SED Word Map: Rat
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Late 1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question IV.5.3, Rat, mapping the distribution of the response Rot. The map is headed Linguistic Atlas of England in ms., was compiled by Harol...
SED Word Map: Rat
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question IV.5.3, Rat, mapping responses Rat, Ret, and Rot. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and is dated December 1967. The map is headed ...
Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]
McKelvie, Donald
30 November 1961
[Collector announcement]; Hector Deacon, a West Yorkshire rat catcher, describes techniques for catching rats, breeds and habits of rats, explains process of baiting/setting traps, location of traps [...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
[Mid-1960s]
Male, recorded in Filey in April 1962 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A559r]. [Date when this copy tape made not known.]. Talks about language and dialect; anecdotes re. old local people; the herring fl...
Sound Recording, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1963
Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...
Sound Recording, British Columbia (Canada)
Smith, Peter
7 January 1977
Lindsay Carter, recorded in New Denver [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A865]; talks about working in a silver mine in Sandon, 4000 feet below ground; describes the mine, mining machinery, the placing of...
Farming Past and Present: A Study Based in the Village of Terrington St. John and the Surrounding Areas of the Fens of North West Norfolk
Pearson, Margaret Frances
1977
A study of the farming community of Terrington St. John in Norfolk, based largely on fieldwork interviews with local people. The study comprises nine chapters. The first presents a profile of the vill...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
[Mid-1960s]
Two males in conversation, recorded in Filey in April 1962. [Date when this copy tape made not known.] Reference to local people; fish and chip shops; singing in local pubs; fishing related - nets/lin...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...