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The Evil Eye: Towards an Exhaustive Study
Lykiardopoulos, Amica
1979
M.A. study which discusses the belief that a glance can damage life and property, with sections on the action of casting the Evil Eye, protection from it, and the process of cure of the affected party...
Folk Medicine
Crowther, S
1964
A study of folk medicine, based on information provided by informants living in three West Yorkshire villages - Hartshead, Roberttown and Clifton.
Folk Medicine from Leicestershire
Smith, Pamela R
1970
A collection of traditional cures, gathered through fieldwork interviews in Leicester and villages on the outskirts of the city, and consultation of printed sources. The study has two main sections, t...
Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1964-1966
Unedited Field Master tape. James Lyons sings [ 'Young Soldier Cut Down in His Prime'], [first line: One night as I sat by the fireside], [3 unidentified]; two children sing [unidentified]; Kathleen L...
Folk Medicine
Wood, Richard
1965
An examination of some of the medical beliefs and practices of the past in North Yorkshire, based on printed sources (including the writing of Eliza Gutch and Richard Blakeborough), and interviews wit...
Marriage and Death Ceremonies in Derna, Eastern Libya
El-Darrat, Nasser
1975
Research study, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for a Master's degree in English Literature, which describes and analyses the customs associated with death and marriage in the town...
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, Leicester
Edge, Christine
1965
Various informants talk of Cat Anna ( Leicester woman regarded as a witch), a secret tunnel used by Lady Jane Grey, Leicester Castle, witch burnings, divination (future husband, sex of unborn baby); C...
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...