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agriculture1
animals1
beverages1
brewing1
buildings1
community life1
construction industry1
culture1
dairy products1
entertainment events1

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Parracombe5

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Smythe, Ernest Arthur6
Wright, John T6
Latham, Frederick2
Leeworthy, Frederick2
Gilbert, Richard1
Parracombe Response Book - 37D1
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Parracombe Response Book - 37D1

Wright, John T

10 Oct 1958 - 15 Oct 1958

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Wright, John T

October 1958

[Announcement, ?by Tony Green]; Ernest Smythe, recorded in Parracombe; talks about working life on the railway (as office boy, timekeeper); gangs working on the line, and the difficulty of building it...

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Book IV: Nature [Parracombe Response Book]

Wright, John T

10 Oct 1958 - 15 Oct 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Parracombe Response Book]

Wright, John T

10 Oct 1958 - 15 Oct 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VIII: Social Activities [Parracombe Response Book]

Wright, John T

10 Oct 1958 - 15 Oct 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities.

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Notes [Parracombe Response Book]

Wright, John T

10 Oct 1958 - 15 Oct 1958

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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