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Total number of records: 247

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culture247
literature and folklore247
community life172
communication126
english language - dialects107
folklore107
manners and customs102
occupations77
oral traditions65
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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)8
Bond, Francis Keith7
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)7
Green, Anthony E (1943-)6
Olayemi, Rufus V K5
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)4
Cook, Catherine3
Pearce, Ben3
Crook, Rosemary2
Dunn, Ginette2

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Dialectal Features in D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

White, Louise

1977

This file contains a paper which examines the Nottinghamshire dialect in the dialogue of D. H. Lawrence's 'Sons and Lovers', with reference to phonology, grammar and vocabulary.

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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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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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A Study of Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin in Literature and Tradition

Lyle, Emily Buchanan (1932-)

1967

A bound copy of this Ph.D. thesis is held in Store in the Brotherton Library, classmark BL STORE - BL Theses A LYL.

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Studies in the Historical Phonology of the Yorkshire Dialects

Dean, Christopher

1953

Ph.D. thesis which analyses fieldwork data collected as part of the Survey of English Dialects, and compares it with information contained in monographs on separate Yorkshire localities. This covers t...

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A Collection of Folk Tales from Upper Nidderdale

Cook, Catherine

1971

M.A. dissertation on folktales recorded by the collector in Nidderdale in 1970-1971 (some of the tales are, however, set in locations beyond Nidderdale, e.g. Swaledale, Arkengarthdale and Merryfield)....

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From Etic to Emic Units in the Structural Study of Folktales

Dundes, Alan

1962

Three photocopies of Dundes' article, published in the 'Journal of American Folklore', volume 75, no. 296 (April-June 1962), pp. 95-105.

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Farming

1964-1970

Includes typed reminiscences ([6] leaves) of Councillor Edmund of Driffield, as told to John Berger and noted by E. Dawson (Agricultural Economics Section, University of Leeds), on life on a Wolds far...

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Marble-Finishing

1980

This file contains a cutting from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post' on Allan Preston, a tradesman skilled in the art of giving surfaces a marble-effect finish (14 July 1980).

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

26 June 1974

Bob Hart, Lenny Savage and Jack Foreman, recorded at the Golden Key pub in Snape; general conversation [much background noise, distortion of voices, multiple conversations, makes this section hard to ...

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Proverbial Reference in the Novels of Arnold Bennett

Hands, Samuel

1966

[M.A.] thesis comprising eight chapters on Arnold Bennett's use of proverbs in his novels. The chapters are titled Techniques and Sources, The Proverb: Meaning and Use, The Novelist in his Chosen Loca...

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An Annotated Collection of Oral Tales and Traditions from South Somerset with an Appendix of Comparative Material from the District Around Blandford Forum, Dorset

Palmer, Kingsley

1971

M.Phil. thesis in two volumes. Volume One contains a general introduction to the Somerset tales and traditions, including methods of collection and classification. The main body of the volume presents...

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