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Total number of records: 1124

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)396
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Archive File

Animal Sports

1972-1973

This file contains J. N. P. Watson's article, 'Lakeland's Oldest Hunt', on the Melbreak Hunt, extracted from 'Country Life' (19 October 1972), pp. 944-945; and a photocopy of a cutting on the bull rin...

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Archive Sub-series

Plants and Animals

1947-1981

This subseries contains items relating to aspects of plant and animal lore, including a study of Yorkshire plant names, a questionnaire on plant names in Norway, items on plantlore, cuttings from a pe...

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Animals and Birds

1949-1981

This file contains items on folklore and terminology associated with animals and birds. This includes a photocopy of Tom Hey's article on Yorkshire names for wild birds, from the 'Dalesman', volume 40...

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Animal Sports: Correspondence

1963-1964

This file contains a typed letter [?from Stewart Sanderson] to Mrs. E. Fieldhouse acknowledging her sending audiotapes on cock-fighting to the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) (5 Jun...

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Donkey as Pack Animal
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Donkey as Pack Animal

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1962

Donkey used for carrying milk to the village from the hillside, outside a stone barn at West End Farm, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The donkey wears a home-made pack saddle which will be used to carr...

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Donkey as Pack Animal
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Donkey as Pack Animal

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1962

Donkey used for carrying milk to the village from the hillside, outside a stone barn at West End Farm, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The donkey wears a home-made pack saddle, onto which milk cans have...

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Donkey as Pack Animal
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Donkey as Pack Animal

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1962

Donkey used for carrying milk to the village from the hillside, outside a stone barn at West End Farm, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Mr. Bostock, the donkey's owner, attaches milk cans to a home-made ...

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Donkey as Pack Animal
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Donkey as Pack Animal

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1962

Donkey used for carrying milk to the village from the hillside, outside a stone barn at West End Farm, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The donkey wears a home-made pack saddle, onto which milk cans have...

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Donkey as Pack Animal
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Donkey as Pack Animal

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1962

Donkey used for carrying milk to the village from the hillside, outside a stone barn at West End Farm, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). The donkey wears a home-made pack saddle, onto which milk cans have...

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Horses, Cattle and Draft Animals

1960-1973

This file contains items on livestock, in particular cattle and horses. The focus is largely on the general care and management of cattle and horses, folklore relating to their care, medicine, dialect...

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Fairies, Folklore, and Supernatural Animals

1963-1978

This file contains items relating to fairies, folklore and supernatural animals. This includes a photocopy of the introduction to an article on Robert Kirk's 'The Secret Common-wealth', from the 'Scot...

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SED Questionnaire Page: Pigs and Calls to Animals
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SED Questionnaire Page: Pigs and Calls to Animals

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Page 17 of the SED Questionnaire as published by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, with questions for III.9 Pig Anatomy, and III.10 Calls to Animals and Animal Cries.

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