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oral traditions6
folk music5
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Dunn, Ginette2
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S2
Bogatyrev, Petr (1893-1971)1
Carroll, Jim (1941-1941)1
Crehan, Junior (1908-1998)1
Downes, Michael1
Emovon, Joshua A1
Ikiddeh, Ime1
Lewis, Cathy Laura1
Mackenzie, Pat (1935-1935)1

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Sound Recording, Malawi

Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S

6 September 1975

A. F. Mbulma, recorded in Ntcheu, relates three Chewa traditional narratives; unidentified male storyteller relates fourth narrative. The first three tales are entitled 'The Thunderbolt', 'The Two Bro...

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Salient Features of the Yoruba Oral Tale

Olayemi, Rufus V K

1971

M.A. dissertation on the oral tales told by the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. Section One contains chapters on the Yoruba people, the oral tale in Yorubaland, the structure and types of tale to...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Lewis, Cathy Laura

13 May 1973

Darach Ó Catháin, recorded in Leeds [conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A576r]; sings 'John O' Reilly' and 'Caiptín O' Maílle' [in Gaelic]; gives translation of some of the lines,...

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Ibibio Folktale Night: An Introduction to Ibibio Oral Literature

Ikiddeh, Ime

1966

M.A. thesis presenting a general survey of the oral form of Ibibio folktales ( Nigeria), and a study of sample prose and verse tales known by the collector and seen in the context of a single night's ...

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Folk Tales in Edo as a Reflection of Culture

Emovon, Joshua A

1976

M.A. dissertation comprising an Introduction, five chapters and sample texts of Edo folktales. The Introduction discusses the name Edo (referring to the people who inhabit Benin City, Benin East and B...

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Selected Writings of Petr Bogatyrev

Bogatyrev, Petr (1893-1971); Miller, Stephen

1984

This file contains a master duplicator copy of part of 'Peter Bogatyrev (1893-1971): Selected Writings in Folkloristics (1931-1939)', edited by Stephen Miller. It forms no. 6 of the Leeds Folklore Gro...

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Leeds Greek Community: Preservation and Transmission of the Greek Traditional Culture

Nitsiakos, Vassilis

1982

M.A. dissertation on the preservation and transmission of Greek traditional culture in Leeds. The dissertation is in three sections: The Field, Fieldwork, The Immigrants: What Happens to their Heritag...

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Farming

1964-1970

Includes typed reminiscences ([6] leaves) of Councillor Edmund of Driffield, as told to John Berger and noted by E. Dawson (Agricultural Economics Section, University of Leeds), on life on a Wolds far...

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Sound Recordings, Ireland

Taylor, Barry Roy

1973-1976

Michael Downes, [recorded at home in County Clare], plays various fiddle tunes, and talks about where he learned them, the story behind one particular tune, other fiddle players, fiddle competitions a...

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Some Chewa Folk Stories from Central Malawi

Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S

1978

M.A. dissertation which discusses a methodological approach to the study of Chewa traditional narratives, drawing on fieldwork carried out in the Central Region of Malawi between August 1975 and Septe...

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Sound Recordings, New Zealand

Dunn, Ginette

[1973]

Male informant [as for tapes LAVC/SRE/A659r - A662r], recorded in New Zealand; talks about a poem he has written for the collector, and translates a Maori leavetaking. [Tr. 1] Copy recording of a gr...

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An Annotated Collection of Visayan Riddles from Leyte and Samar, Philippines

Vilches, Ma Luz C

1980

M.A. dissertation comprising an annotated collection of riddles from the Philippines (islands of Leyte and Samar), gathered by the collector from the archive of the Divine Word University Museum in Ta...

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