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Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy3
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The white rose garland of Yorkshire dialect verse and local and folk-lore rhymes

Halliday, Wilfrid J; Umpleby, Arthur Stanley

1949

Bibliography: pages 301-310.

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The white rose garland of Yorkshire dialect verse and local and folk-lore rhymes

Halliday, Wilfrid J; Umpleby, Arthur Stanley

1949

Bibliography: pages 301-310.

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The white rose garland of Yorkshire dialect verse and local and folk-lore rhymes

Halliday, Wilfrid J; Umpleby, Arthur Stanley

1949

Bibliography: pages 301-310.

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Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka; the White duck = Sestrit︠s︡a Alenushka i Bratet︠s︡ Ivanushka ; Belai︠a︡ utochka

Zheleznova, Irina Lʹvovna; Bilibin, Ivan ︠I︡Akovlevich (1876-1942)

1977

Cover title. Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka / Zheleznova, Irina -- White duck / Zheleznova, Irina.

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In ghostly Japan

Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1904)

1899

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Ross-Glass, Ruth M

c.1975-1980

Recordings of children made at four Kent schools, and adults attending Further Education institutions and a Young Wives' Group. In each case, the informants discuss ten fairy tales, selected by the co...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Howarth, Leslie

8 May 1973

Jack White and Mrs. Jack White in conversation at their home in the Stannington area of Sheffield. Talk of family members; informant's birthplace; Castleton Wakes; haytime; schooling at Lydgate in She...

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Horn-blowing Customs

Walton, James

1938-1939

This file contains items written and collected by James Walton on horn-blowing customs, mostly relating to Yorkshire. This includes an article by Walton on horn-blowing published in the 'Newcastle Wee...

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Plant Lore

1961-1980

This file includes an ms. letter from Gillian Bulmer to Stewart Sanderson on names of apples (12 November 1975); a photocopy of Grace Pleasant Wellborn's paper on plantlore in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'T...

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Folk Tales in Edo as a Reflection of Culture

Emovon, Joshua A

1976

M.A. dissertation comprising an Introduction, five chapters and sample texts of Edo folktales. The Introduction discusses the name Edo (referring to the people who inhabit Benin City, Benin East and B...

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The Lore, Language and Games of Children

Wellsted, Catherine

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of Catherine Wellsted's typed study of children's playground and street activities, undertaken as part of a course at the Eaton Hall College of Education in Retford (Not...

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Sound Recording, South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

23 December 1973

Rob Gibson, recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career and the changes observed in the fishing industry; mussel beds; mussel baits and baiting of fishing lines, tools used; fishing boa...

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