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Total number of records: 37

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culture37
english language - dialects23
folk music22
community life15
occupations15
manners and customs11
play11
persons10
agriculture7
rites and ceremonies7

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Green, Anthony E (1943-)10
Sullivan, Keith Frederick4
Dunn, Ginette3
Lyons, James3
Simpson, Thomas3
Beresford, Jackie2
Boothman, Tim2
Harris, Norman2
Harrop, Peter K2
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)2
Swedish Wedding Costume
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Swedish Wedding Costume

March 1965

Traditional wedding costume from Leksand (Sweden), from the exhibition of peasant costumes at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm . The costume consists of a red bodice with white blouse, and a blue skir...

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Ross-Glass, Ruth M

c.1975-1980

Recordings of children made at four Kent schools, and adults attending Further Education institutions and a Young Wives' Group. In each case, the informants discuss ten fairy tales, selected by the co...

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Swedish Woven Textile
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Swedish Woven Textile

March 1965

Finished woven article with reindeer, bird, and snowflake motifs, woven in blue, red, white, and yellow, from Skåne (Sweden). This example of weaving in rölakan was included in an exhibition of Peas...

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Tapestry (Norway)
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Tapestry (Norway)

January 1965

Tapestry in wool from Trondelag(?) (Norway). The tapestry is heavily patterned with a geometric tree motif, woven in red, blue, black, and white. A note in the Slide Index states that the tapestry dat...

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Tapestry (Norway)
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Tapestry (Norway)

January 1965

Tapestry made up of two piece, patterned with geometric designs in stripes, in red, yellow, black, and white, from Nordland (Norway). The patterns and colours used are of the orthodox old Norwegian ty...

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Tapestry (Norway): Detail
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Tapestry (Norway): Detail

January 1965

Close-up detail of a late Renaissance tapestry from Østerdalen ( Østdal?) (Norway) showing the method of depicting life-like figures, and of joining the colours in the pattern. The slide shows a mal...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

4 November 1977

[Announcement by Graham Seal]; Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in Antrobus Parish Hall [?for an audience of schoolchildren]. Includes the complete play, with introductory and closi...

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Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

1974

James Cook, recorded at home in Maybole on 2 April 1974. Conversation re. fishing and village life; fishermen from Maidens selling fish; occupational folklore re. red-haired women; village community; ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

8 September 1974

Bob Hart and Lenny Townsend singing in the Horse and Groom pub, Wrentham. BH sings 'On a Summer's Night', 'Banks of Sweet Primroses'and 'Long Trail A-Winding'; BH and George ? sing 'Red Sails in the S...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 December 1976

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; talks about his song repertoire; sings 'Since I've Had a Row with the Wife'; recitation about two Yorkshire lads in London; re...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

3 January 1977

[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson, recorded at home in Tranmire; sings 'Yarmouth Town' [daughter Rachel Wilkinson joins in the chorus]; talks about learning songs; sings part of 'Shoals of Herri...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Seven carved wooden needle supports from Weardale (Durham), in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include an elm stick with base fashioned to accommodate a clue (or clew...

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