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Origin of Fairs - Ireland
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor
1974
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lloyd Weedon on the origin of fairs in Ireland ([15] leaves). As well as explaining the background to the origin of fairs, and listing examples of Iri...
Up-Helly-Aa: Ship Burning
Nott, Dorothy A
January 1968
Burning of a replica Viking ship at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). Traditionally, Yule fires were burnt for the festival. The custom of burning a Norse galley was introduced i...
Up-Helly-Aa: Firing of the Ship
Nott, Dorothy A
January 1968
Torchlight procession and firing of the replica Viking ship at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). The procession replaced the custom of pulling blazing tar barrels through the str...
Sound Recordings, Lancashire
Monaghan, Ann M
1973
Male [? Mr. Ashton], recorded in Preston [continued from tape A020], talks about the organisation of the 1972 Preston Guild - Local Government involvement, pre-publicity lectures, the representation o...
Loughborough Market
Holt, Rachel A
1971
A study of Loughborough Market, comprising ten chapters and nine appendices. The chapters offer general comments on markets, the population of Leicestershire, descriptions of Loughborough Market from ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
6 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about Gypsy Traveller music and singing; local dance bands and musicians; the song 'Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major'...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
11 September 1976
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about living in the village; his time away and life during World War Two (air raids); his MBE for services to archaeo...
The Dialect of Golcar
Jacobson, Joanne
1974
M.A. project on one dialect speaker from Golcar, West Yorkshire . Analysis is made of material contained within a 34-minute tape recorded interview with Mr. Gledhill, made by Stanley Ellis in 1963. ...
Folklore Notes
Mason, Mr
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of a manuscript and newspaper cuttings compiled by a Mr. Mason ca. 1870s-1880s, which forms a collection of folklore items. Although varied, there is a regional element ...
Village and Farm
1960-1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...
Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959-1960
[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...
Sound Recording, East Riding of Yorkshire
Chamberlain, John S
July/August 1961
Herbert Sykes of Wetwang relates items of weatherlore - rainbows, moon (and associated rhymes), wind direction, horses' behaviour/crows' behaviour (nesting) as signs of weather; Mrs. Sykes relates say...