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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
17 August 1973
Frank Weatherill , recorded at home in Danby; talks about a local storyteller; tall tales; storytelling as a form of amusement; local legends regarding hammer throwing (example from Lastingham); FW's ...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
1975
Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common on the 27 June 1975; sings 'The Boy Truly Regrets'; [gap]; 'I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now (Because I Love You)'; [ 'Fiddler's Green']; 'Flanagan's Band...
Historical Events
1969-1975
This file contains Theo Brown's pamphlet, 'Trojans in the West Country' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1970), 16 pp.; L. V. Grinsell's pamphlet on the folklore of Stanton Drew (St. Peter Port: Toucan ...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
[1975]
Compilation of field recordings (copy extracts) made by Tony Green and others (including students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies), and possibly used by him in a session, Interviewin...
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...
Pagan and Christian Mythology
1955-1976
This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...
Talismans, Magical Techniques, Charms, Etc.
1966-1979
The file contains an ms. letter from Evelyn Briggs on a superstition associated with seeing pigs on the way to the [horse] races (16 October 1972); Mary Corringham's article on talismans and their use...