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Brunk, Wille3
Ebot, Wilson Atem3
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Bauldie, J S1
Burton, Julia Sarah1
Bushell, Mr William1
Crellin, Mrs Amanda1
Edge, Christine1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Horse Dosing Iron
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Horse Dosing Iron

Brunk, Wille

September 1967

Informant at the Vicarage, Danby (North Yorkshire) holding horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open found in Westerdale. The neck of a medicine bottle would be passed through the cent...

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Horse Gag in Use
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Horse Gag in Use

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Two males putting a horse gag into a horse's mouth at a farm in Finghall ( Wensleydale). The gag is used to keep the horse's mouth open while its teeth are checked. Mounted on Photo File card with LAV...

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Horse Gag in Use
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Horse Gag in Use

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Two males putting a horse gag into a horse's mouth at a farm in Finghall ( Wensleydale). The gag is used to keep the horse's mouth open while its teeth are checked. Mounted on Photo File card with LAV...

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Horse Gag
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Horse Gag

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Male informant holding a smithy-made horse gag, in the doorway of stables at Finghall ( Wensleydale). The gag is used to keep the horse's mouth open while its teeth are checked. A second male with a c...

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Horse Dosing Iron
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Horse Dosing Iron

Brunk, Wille

September 1967

Informant at the Vicarage, Danby (North Yorkshire) holding horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open when administering medicine. The implement was found in Westerdale. The neck of a m...

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Horse Dosing Iron
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Horse Dosing Iron

Brunk, Wille

June 1967

Horse dosing iron used for holding the horse's mouth open when administering medicine, on stone steps at Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole (North Yorkshire). The neck of a medicine bottle would be p...

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North-West Shropshire: Agricultural Custom and Belief

Burton, Julia Sarah

1974

A study of agricultural custom and belief in Shropshire, based on interviews with seven informants (including members of the collector's family), and information in local magazines and a mid-nineteent...

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Sound Recording, Isle of Man

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

November 1958

[Collector announcement]; Amanda Crellin, recorded in Ronague; talks about cancer; prevalent diseases in her youth; smoking; hospital; food and drink in her father's time; going to school barefoot; ma...

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The Leeds Wash-Houses: A Study of Urban Folk Life

Wilson, Janet Elizabeth

1976

A study of wash-houses in Leeds, based on information gathered from official handbooks and annual reports, newspaper articles and interviews with women using wash-houses (some also conducted in their ...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

1 April 1963

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Wright, recorded at home in South Zeal; talks about ploughing with horses from the age of twelve; transporting people and other loads by horse and cart; wages; wrestli...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

17 September 1981

[Collector announcement]; Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; talks about living in back-to-back housing, Greenhow Walk; housework, including cleaning, gas lamps, cooking, ...

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Sound Recording, Greater Manchester

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

[Collector announcement]; Wilf Morgan, butcher, recorded in Mossley [interview starts mid conversation]; talks about his experiences as a butcher; boning a piece of beef and cuts of beef; meat prices ...

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