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human body9
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persons9
superstition9
supernatural7
culture6
nature5
animals4
folklore4
traditional medicine4

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Green, Anthony E (1943-)2
Collie, Gladys1
Crowther, S1
Daniel, Tom1
Edge, Christine1
El-Darrat, Nasser1
Ewing, Bill1
Hill, Bill1
Hudson, Mrs.1
Lykiardopoulos, Amica1

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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