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Total number of records: 50

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manners and customs50
culture38
community life29
nature27
social life and customs27
holidays26
rites and ceremonies24
occupations23
folk music22
food20

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)7
Hunter, Robert6
Tammivaara, Irmeli5
Dunn, Ginette4
Baldwin, John R2
Chamberlain, John S2
Newman, T.2
Palmer, Kingsley2
Pasanen, Leena2
Shaw, David H2

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Timber Buyer's Scribble

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Full circle timber marking in the bark of a tree at Low Row ( Swaledale). This mark was made by Robert Hunter of Castle Bolton, with a timber buyer's scribble, a double-bladed implement which used for...

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Sound Recordings,

Barwell, Carol A

27 December 1978

[Collector announcement: informant, date]; Kenneth Barwell [collector's father] talks about family Christmases in the 1960s and mid 1970s; meaning of Christmas; cards, Christmas trees. [Tr. 8]

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Timber Buyer's Scribble
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Timber Buyer's Scribble

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Robert Hunter of Castle Bolton marking a tree with a timber buyer's scribble at Low Row ( Swaledale). The scribble is an implement with a wooden handle and two blades, one sharp like a compass blade f...

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Sound Recording,

Pather, Ranjeni

27 December 1978

Collector's parents and sister offer their recollections of family Christmases - visit to Trafalgar Square, card and present giving, decorations and the tree; sister's recollections of Christmas Day, ...

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Timber Buyer's Scribble

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Robert Hunter of Castle Bolton marking a tree with a timber buyer's scribble at Low Row ( Swaledale). The scribble is an implement with a wooden handle and two blades, one sharp like a compass blade f...

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Christmas Decorations
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Christmas Decorations

December 1974

Room decorated for Christmas, at a dwelling house in Vänersborg (Alvsborgs Lan, Sweden). The decorations include a Christmas tree decorated with candles, glass balls and tinsel. Under the tree are Ch...

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Timber Buyer's Scribble

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Timber buyer's scribble with blade in position for drawing a full circle, Low Row ( Swaledale). The scribble is an implement with a wooden handle and two blades, one sharp like a compass blade for dra...

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Wall Painting (Sweden)
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Wall Painting (Sweden)

March 1965

Slide of Johannes Nilsson's wall painting, 'Adam and Eve'/ 'Adam och Eva', Breared (Hallands Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts Adam and Eve eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. The painting is no...

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Sound Recording,

Gebarowicz, Anita

December 1978

[Collector announcement, followed by gap in recording of c. 50 seconds]; collector's mother describes a typical Polish Christmas Eve - traditional food dishes for Christmas supper, decorating the tree...

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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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Timber Buyer's Scribble

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

Summer 1968

Robert Hunter of Castle Bolton selecting a tree for marking with a timber buyer's scribble at Low Row ( Swaledale). The scribble is an implement with a wooden handle and two blades, one sharp like a c...

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Sound Recording, East Riding of Yorkshire

Chamberlain, John S

July/August 1961

Mr. Jackson of Wetwang relates items of weatherlore; female informant relates sayings/beliefs regarding marriage and luck; discussion with Mr. Jackson regarding moonlore, weatherlore (animal behaviour...

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