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manners and customs7
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social life and customs5
rites and ceremonies4
transportation4
buildings3

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Brunk, Wille3
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2
Kitching, Ruth2
Palmer, Kingsley2
Tongue, Ruth (1898-1981)2
Bishop, Mrs1
Bonham-Carter, Victor1
Bragg, Mr1
Bragg, Mrs1
Coles, Mr1
Ruth Kitching with Cleveland Bay Mares
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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...

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Dales Pony and Foal
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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. ...

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Corpse Way: Grinton Church
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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...

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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...

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Corpse Way: Calvert Houses
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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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