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Sound Recording, Nottingham
Holt, Rachel A
September 1971
Market pitcher recorded at Sneinton Market, Nottingham.
Staverton Bridge (Folk Group)
Staverton Bridge (Folk Group)
1973-1975
This file contains papers relating to the folk music group Staverton Bridge, a professional trio of folklorists/musicians ( Tish Stubbs, Paul Wilsonand Sam Richards) specialising in the performance of...
Traditional Drama Conference Papers
1978
This file contains copies of papers delivered at the Traditional Drama one-day conference on aspects of current scholarship in traditional British plays, at the University of Sheffield, 21 October 197...
Mumming: General
1962-1980
This file contains items generally related to the practice of mumming, and mumming plays. This includes a photocopy of Rosemary Meynell's paper, 'Come, Brave Bow Slash and his Men', from 'Derbyshire C...
Fishing Methods, Etc.
1962-1979
This file contains items relating to traditional fishing methods, including an ms. letter from Richard R. Blewett to Mr. Martin with a newspaper cutting on the use of charmed words to catch fish, incl...
An Investigation into the Phonetics of the Definite Article in Yorkshire
Jones, William Eric
1950
A study which both analyses phonetically what is said by Yorkshire dialect speakers for the definite article; and shows, by the use of transcriptions of their speech, what types of definite article oc...
Folk Song: General
1959-1981
This file contains typed song texts for 'Ah'm an O'wd Age Penshoner' (provenance unknown); a photocopy of the text and tune for 'Charley of Armor', collected from Captain Shields by Geoff Wood, from a...
A Phonology of the Dialect of Woburn, Milton Keynes
Danon, Paul
1976
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Woburn in Bedfordshire, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with four local informants.
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Outhwaite, Paul N
October 1963
Benjamin Harrison, recorded in Farnley; talks about his working life, including work in a coal yard, coal deliveries, working with horses; harvest time; farm labourers' food; work during the summer ti...
A Phonology of the Living Dialect of Wellow in Somerset
De Quincey, Paul M
1975
A study of the dialect spoken in Wellow in Somerset, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with three principal informants.
The Living Dialect of Farnley in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Outhwaite, Paul N
1964
A study of the dialect spoken in Farnley, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on data collected from three male informants in 1963.
Folk Drama: General
1956-1980
This file contains a copy of Alex Helm's typed 'Index of Folk Plays' (complete to June 1956), [41] leaves, with ms. annotations; a copy of 'Traditional Drama: S[urvey of] L[anguage and] F[olklore]. Re...