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The Guinness book of humorous anecdotes
Rees, Nigel (1944-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
(1995 printing)
Humorous Verse
Garland, Rosemary E B
1968
This file contains photocopies of two collections of humorous verse compiled by Rosemary Garland. This includes a photocopy of her typed 'Song Book: Songs Collected by Rosemary Garland'; and a photoco...
Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester
Waller, Vivien M
1961-1962
Schoolgirls and boys from Greater Manchester give examples of skipping rhymes, song parodies, dipping rhymes, explanations of chasing/ring games (also card games), Pancake Tuesday rhyme and autograph ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
May 1956
[Side 1] Tom recalls occasion when he played practical joke on new farm-hand by pretending to be ghost, farm-hand jittery all day and ran away from 'tit' [= small horse] that scared him while walking ...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
McCosh, Sandra
[1973-1974]
Eight/nine year old girls and boys, recorded at Our Lady's Primary School in Leeds, talk about learning songs and jokes (sources include the television, comics, family and friends); the appeal of the ...
Jokes, Rhymes and Language
1969-1979
This file includes a mounted newspaper article from the 'Yorkshire Post'(19 November 1979), on children's jokes and Sandra McCosh's fieldwork collecting jokes from schoolchildren in Leeds for her M.A....
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
19 March 1976
Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', [first line: 'When I was a jolly young ploughboy'], 'Farmer's Boy' and [first line: 'Come with me to t...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979-1980]
Schoolgirls recorded in the playground at Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 24 January 1980. Sing 'I'm Only a Poor Little Gymnast', 'Vote, Vote, Vote'[skipping]; talk about being on, and winte...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
26 June 1974
Bob Hart, Lenny Savage and Jack Foreman, recorded at the Golden Key pub in Snape; general conversation [much background noise, distortion of voices, multiple conversations, makes this section hard to ...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
8 September 1974
Bob Hart and Lenny Townsend singing in the Horse and Groom pub, Wrentham. BH sings 'On a Summer's Night', 'Banks of Sweet Primroses'and 'Long Trail A-Winding'; BH and George ? sing 'Red Sails in the S...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
10 September 1974
George Bennett, recorded at home in Snape; sings 'Bring Back My Bonny', 'Dab a Little Powder On It, Father', 'The Laughing Policeman' [laughing only]; conversation, including GB's ?wife/?sister; talk ...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
9 September 1974
Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, sings 'Eat More Fruit'; talks about Jack Harland and learning 'Bold General Wolfe' from him; sings fragment of 'Up She Went Like a Rocket', also sung by Harland; s...