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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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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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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Brooks, Margaret

16 February 1973

Myers Johnson, dry stone waller, recorded outside in Kettlesing, talks about the village and his roles in the parish (officer, committee member); shows walls he has built himself; describes constructi...

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An Examination of the Trials of the Lancashire Witches 1612

Daley, Janice

1976

A study divided into five chapters. The first describes the continental influence on witch beliefs in England, with sections on scepticism and the Scriptures, the influence of James I, and the social ...

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The Folk Lore of Wild Flowers in the Parish of Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Collected in the Summer of 1970

Hammond, Penelope Ruth

1970

A presentation of folklore associated with wild flowers, based on information gathered from people living in Leckhampton in Gloucestershire. Interviews were conducted with schoolchildren, middle-aged ...

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