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Total number of records: 6

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SubjectCount
culture6
folk drama6
folklore6
manners and customs6
supernatural6
english language - dialects5
holidays5
home4
rites and ceremonies4
food2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Harris, Susan3
Pattison, Susan3
Goulburn, David2
Peters, Adrian2
Bland, Cecil1
Charlton, C A1
Green, Anthony E (1943-)1
Rodgers, L J1
Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)1
Wright, Jim1

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Belief and Superstition in the Area of Runcorn and Widnes

Charlton, C A

1973

A study of traditional belief in Runcorn and Widnes, based on interviews with friends and relatives, letters to local newspapers, the circulation of a questionnaire amongst friends, relatives and acqu...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Adrian Peters, recorded at home in Marston, talks about his 7-8 year involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers - link with wife's family and parts played [ David Goulburn contributes occasionally]; ag...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Copy of David Goulburn and Adrian Peters interviews, from tape LAVC/SRE/A307r.

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Jim Wright, recorded at home in Antrobus, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; roles played; first experience of play as a bedtime story told by father and grandfather; pig killi...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

26 October 1973

Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; sings an unidentified song about farmers' lads; relates anecdotes/stories regarding a dog and a hare, dialect, friends reunited, father quarrying and workm...

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Holmewood. Portrait of a Village: A Survey of the Customs, Traditions and Beliefs in a Derbyshire Mining Village

Rodgers, L J

1967

A study of the folklore of Holmewood in Derbyshire. Its sections provide a brief description of the old village, with particular reference to places and objects which are part of the life and traditio...

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