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Ruth Kitching with Cleveland Bay Mares
Brunk, Wille
May 1967
Informant Ruth Kitching with two Cleveland Bay mares, in a field at Fryup Gill Farm, near Lealholm (North Yorkshire). The informant is a breeder of Cleveland Bay horses. Mounted on Photo File card. Wi...
Dales Pony and Foal
Brunk, Wille
May 1967
Informants Ruth Kitching of Fryup Gill Farm, Lealholm (North Yorkshire), and Jack Welford of America House Farm, Hinderwell (North Yorkshire) with Dales pony and foal, in field at America House Farm. ...
Corpse Way: Grinton Church
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
St. Andrew's Church and burial ground, Grinton ( Swaledale). This used to be the nearest consecrated ground to the village of Keld, which lies at the opposite end of Swaledale, approximately twelve mi...
Easter Egg Survey
1962
This file contains items relating to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears to have been organised and conducted by Stewart Sanderson and Stanley Ellis. The fi...
Corpse Way: Calvert Houses
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1966-1967
Calvert Houses on the Corpse Way, about a mile from Ivelet bridge ( Swaledale). The Corpse Way ran between Keld and Grinton. Despite its position at the opposite end of Swaledale, twelve miles away, G...
Cleveland Bay Horse Research
Brunk, Wille
1966-1968
Papers relating to Wille Brunk's research into the Cleveland Bay horse, undertaken during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). Brunk intended to write a...
Sound Recordings, Somerset
Palmer, Kingsley
c. 1968-1969
[Collector announcement]; Fred Patten talks about a Devil's Stone; the local church; egg shackling (children's game); Oak Apple Day; local curses and Barrington Hill; protection against the Devil; bat...
Sound Recordings, Somerset
Palmer, Kingsley
1968-1969
This tape contains what are possibly edited copies of the collector's original Somerset field recordings, with his announcements inserted. Ruth Tongue recites wassail verses, spoken on Christmas Eve...
Sound Recording, Devon
Read, John (1884-1963)
8 July 1958
[John Read announcement]; John Read, recorded at the home of his friend, Victor Bonham-Carter, in East Anstey, giving his recollections of country life and the dialect in south-eastern Somerset. Talks...
Mining in the Worsley Area of Lancashire
Taylor, Ruth
1974
A dissertation on customs, traditions and beliefs connected with the coal mining industry in the Worsley area of Lancashire, based on printed sources and interviews with four miners. Its sections pres...
A Study of the Implicit Metaphors in Selected Fairy Tales and Their Use in Modern Literature and the Media
Ross-Glass, Ruth M
1982
Ph.D. thesis considering the sociological and psychological significance of the implicit metaphors of ten popular fairy tales and their recurrence in contemporary life and literature. Each fairy tale ...