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Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]
McKelvie, Donald
[1960-1963]
Male informant [location not known] talks about the preparation, valuation and sale of sheepskins at a hide and skin market; the preparation of skin by fellmongers; explains the process of separating ...
Shepherd's Boots
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1965
Stoutly-built, craftsman-made shepherd's boots made by Otway of Ambleside (Cumbria). The boots are worn by Mr. M. Horner of Buckden ( Langstrothdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1416. W...
Shepherd's Boots
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1965
Stoutly-built, craftsman-made shepherd's boot made by Otway of Ambleside (Cumbria). The boot belongs to and is worn by Mr. M. Horner of Buckden ( Langstrothdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/...
St. John the Baptist (fol. 133r)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The border shows St. John the Baptist, clad in animal skin and a long pink garment, holding a book a,nd with a lamb, Agnus Dei, inside the 4-line initial 'G'.
Sound Recording, Cambridgeshire
Lyons, Margaret
17 August 1979
[Collector announcement: date, informant's name]; Arthur Randell, molecatcher (of Coldham, Cambridgeshire), describes the mole's physical appearance, diet and habitat; weatherlore - if the mole is bur...
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 [...
Farming Folklore in the Area of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Cherry, Jane
1975
A study of the treatments known by eight farmers from the Mansfield area of Nottinghamshire for ailments afflicting their livestock. Sections deal in turn with remedies relating to an animal's head, n...
Pig Scraper
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
Pig scraper, used for scraping the skin of pigs after slaughter, Leyburn ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0587. With ms. notes and catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kiss...
Folk Medicine
Wood, Richard
1965
An examination of some of the medical beliefs and practices of the past in North Yorkshire, based on printed sources (including the writing of Eliza Gutch and Richard Blakeborough), and interviews wit...
Adoration of the Magi (fol. 106v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The border and initial are historiated with the scene of Adoration of the Magi. The three Magi, holding ornate gilt boxes, offer gold, frankincense and myrrh to the Virgin and Child, who are depicted ...
Saddler's Vice
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
Summer 1968
Mr. Denis Barningham working leather with a saddler's vice, or clam, used by his grandfather, outside his carpenter's shop in Reeth ( Swaledale). The clam is used for gripping the leather, holding it ...
Saddler's Vice
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
Summer 1968
Mr. Denis Barningham working leather with a saddler's vice, or clam, used by his grandfather, outside his carpenter's shop in Reeth ( Swaledale). The clam is used for gripping the leather, holding it ...