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nature21
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occupations17
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education12
culture11
food crops9
manners and customs8

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8
Barry, Michael V (1935-)4
Tammivaara, Irmeli3
Houck, Charles L2
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2
Siporin, Rae Lee2
(Charlie)1
Baker, Mr1
Banks, William1
Barker, Maud1
Gathering Sheep for Shearing: Apedale
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Gathering Sheep for Shearing: Apedale

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1965

Part of a flock of sheep, herded down from the Apedale fells, awaiting shearing in a large stone sheep fold. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0720. With ms. note. Card 10 in a series of 11.

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SED Phonological Map: Oak
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SED Phonological Map: Oak

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question IV.10.2, Oak, mapping various vowel forms found in Northern Counties responses. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and is d...

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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Haltwhistle
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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Haltwhistle

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Page from an SED fieldwork notebook completed in ms. by Stanley Ellis. The page includes responses from informant Jack Hepple of Haltwhistle (Northumberland), recorded on 11 March 1953, to sections II...

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Gathering Sheep for Shearing: Apedale
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Gathering Sheep for Shearing: Apedale

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1965

Shepherd controlling the penning of sheep, herded down from the Apedale fells, on a stone bridge using wheeled iron hurdles. The sheep will be herded into a large stone sheep fold to await shearing. T...

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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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Sound Recordings, Salop and Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa9-11, and Staffordshire 12St1-4. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this ...

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Sound Recordings, Essex and West Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Martin Baynes, recorded in Henham (Essex); talks about his working life; jobs on leaving school, scaring birds, riding the chain horse at harvest time; working with horses from the age of 14/15; worki...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

Mr. Dallyn of Halberton [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/689r] talks about his parents and grandparents; refers to a Club Walk and fair in ?; markets in Tiverton and Tiverton Junction. [Tr. 7] [Collect...

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Sound Recordings, [Dorset]

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mr. Paull [location not given] relates his experiences of fighting in World War One; the Somme in 1917 and being wounded; convalescence in Wyke Regis; Paschendale Ridge; the Somme; working life after ...

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Sound Recordings, England

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1950s/1960s]

Compilation of extracts from field recordings made as part of the Survey of English Dialects. These extracts were copied from gramophone disc recordings, with announcements by Stanley Ellis . A spea...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. The original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis in 1952, 1953 and 1955. The da...

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Miscellaneous Folklore Papers

1964-1979

Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...

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