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Total number of records: 232

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Archives205
Books and printed items27

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture202
English Literature9
Brotherton Collection6
Leeds Russian Archive4
Herbert Read Collection3
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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folklore232
culture201
manners and customs148
social life and customs115
play109
material culture80
community life74
persons56
english language - dialects52
folk music46

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Chile2
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Derbyshire1
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Great Britain1
Jamaica1
Lincolnshire1
Malaya1
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Cook, Catherine9
Palmer, Kingsley6
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)6
Grose, Francis (1731?-1791)5
Waller, Vivien M4
Wharton, Colin S4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Rispin, George3
Wilson, David L3
Brown, Miss2

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Archive Collection

Cottingley Fairies Collection

1920-2010

Comprises: (1) BOOKS: 11 books (and 1 video) related to the case of the Cottingley Fairies, 1973-1998; (2) JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1920-1992: including the 1920 and 1921 issues of the Strand Magazine in whi...

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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

[1961-1982]

This file contains various leaflets, printed volumes and other items relating to places of historical/folk interest, and folk-related collections. This includes a general leaflet for Bunratty Folk Par...

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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

1836-1985

The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...

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A Collection of Children's Games, Rhymes and Songs

Waller, Vivien M

1962

A collection of children's games, rhymes and songs, collected in the Manchester area from children between the ages of nine and fifteen, playing in the street or whilst at school. Schools visited were...

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A Collection of Folk Tales from Upper Nidderdale

Cook, Catherine

1971

M.A. dissertation on folktales recorded by the collector in Nidderdale in 1970-1971 (some of the tales are, however, set in locations beyond Nidderdale, e.g. Swaledale, Arkengarthdale and Merryfield)....

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A provincial glossary : with a collection of local proverbs, and popular superstitions

Grose, Francis (1731?-1791)

1787

The "Glossary" unpaged.

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The Black Country Dialect: A Collection of Words, Phrases, and Stories

Starkey, H J

1953

This file comprises an ms. notebook containing a collection of words, phrases and dialect texts of the Black Country (i.e. South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and North West Warwickshire), compi...

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The Folklife of South Warwickshire: A Field Collection with Comparative Annotations and Commentary

Wharton, Colin S

1974

This Ph.D. thesis is divided into three parts. The first (Introduction) defines the word folklore, describes the purpose of the work and the method of approach. The second (The Folklore of South Warwi...

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