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cooking13
culture13
food13
nature13
plants13
manners and customs12
community life11
folklore7
holidays7
social life and customs7

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Aldcroft, Linda1
Barwell, Carol A1
Barwell, Kenneth1
Barwell, Mary1
Bennett, David1
Bennett, Olive1
Carter, Dorothy1
Carter, Julie1
Currie, Mr1
Dermott, Laura1

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Dialect recording in Morebattle, Roxburghshire

Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

23 Aug 1939

[Side 1] Mr Currie tells an anecdote about a minister seeking selection for the local kirk, general discussion of local flower show, leeks, barley soups, scabious. [Side 2] Mr Currie recites the story...

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The Folk Lore of Wild Flowers in the Parish of Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Collected in the Summer of 1970

Hammond, Penelope Ruth

1970

A presentation of folklore associated with wild flowers, based on information gathered from people living in Leckhampton in Gloucestershire. Interviews were conducted with schoolchildren, middle-aged ...

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Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees

Schrut, Judith Lynne

1977

Discussion regarding church flower arranging, including Easter arrangements and history of the church in which the recording is being made [? St. Paul's Church, Thornaby]; brief mention of Thornaby hi...

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Sound Recording,

Gebarowicz, Anita

December 1978

[Collector announcement, followed by gap in recording of c. 50 seconds]; collector's mother describes a typical Polish Christmas Eve - traditional food dishes for Christmas supper, decorating the tree...

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Sound Recordings,

Barwell, Carol A

27 December 1978

[Collector announcement: informant, date]; Kenneth Barwell [collector's father] talks about family Christmases in the 1960s and mid 1970s; meaning of Christmas; cards, Christmas trees. [Tr. 8]

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Cures

1965-1978

This file includes a typed paper by Mrs. P. Brimson on her grandmother, the wise woman Annie Leech of Bentham (North Yorkshire), including some of her cures and recipes (November 1978); a photocopy of...

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Plant Lore

1961-1980

This file includes an ms. letter from Gillian Bulmer to Stewart Sanderson on names of apples (12 November 1975); a photocopy of Grace Pleasant Wellborn's paper on plantlore in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'T...

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Sound Recordings, [Shropshire and Birmingham]

Carter, Julie

29 Dec 1978 - 4 Jan 1979

[Collector announcement - informant collector's grandmother]; Alice Payne 's recollections of Christmas in Shropshire - preparations, including collecting holly; presents; food (Christmas pudding, cak...

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Christmas Traditions

1964-1972

This file contains items relating to Christmas traditions, and includes two photocopies of the section on Christmas (including Christmas Eve, games, mumming, Christmas Day, carols, decorations, food, ...

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Sound Recordings, [Derbyshire]

Wright, Fiona J

December 1978

[Collector announcement: informant's name, year and place of birth]; Linda Aldcroft talks about her childhood Christmases in Altrincham (Cheshire) - preparations, including Stir Up Sunday (cake/puddin...

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Housekeeping - General

1965-1980

This file contains items relating to housekeeping and domestic arrangements, and associated customs. This includes a photocopy of Edith Martin's 'Do You Know Cornwall?: Chips and Shavings from a Corni...

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Plant Lore in England: 1600-1800

Drury, Susan

1984

M.Phil. thesis surveying the use of plants in material culture, as food, in calendar and social customs, in medicine, orthodox religion and the supernatural, in popular belief, divination, charms and ...

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