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West Midlands Responses: Book VII, Part 4
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VII, Part 4: Days, Festivals. Includes questions VII.4.1 Tomorrow -VII.4.11 Festival.
The first part of the diall of daies : containing 320. Romane triumphes, besides the triumphant obelisks and pyramydes of the Aegyptians, the pillers, arches, and trophies triumphant, of the Græcians, and the Persians, with their pompe and magnificence: of feastes and sacrifices both of the Jewes and of the Gentils, with the stately games and plaies belonging to these feastes and sacrifices, with the birthes and funeral pomps of kinges and emperours, as you shall finde more at large in the 2. part, wherein all kind of triumphes are enlarged
Lloyd, Lodowick (fl. 1573-1610)
1590
Running title reads: The diall of daies. The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A". Pagination irregular. With a final leaf of lists. No more published.
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian; Gifford, Terry
December 1971
Jack Couldwell, interviewed in his own home in Worrallby Terry Gifford. Describes Christmas carol singing in Worrall, the route followed in Sheffield; part singing, piano accompaniment (symphonies) an...
Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Harrop, Peter K
24 December 1978
Uttoxeter Feather Guizers perform their hero/combat play in the pubs of Uttoxeter. [Pub background noise affects parts of the recordings]. Performances also recorded in Blounts Green and Loxley Green....
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
March-April 1971
Col Goodison, recorded in his home in Sheffield, singing and in conversation. Sings fragment of 'Give Me the Spade'; talks about other songs/singers, including his father; Knur and Spell; Christmas ca...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Harrop, Peter K
27 June 1978
Tony Chambers, recorded in Ripon, talks about mumming and joining the Ripon Sword Dancers in 1962; lists other members and when they joined; learning lines; parts; costumes; dancing and music as part ...
Goathland Plough Stotts [Stots]
Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)
1962
This file contains a photocopy of ms. notes by Frank Weatherill on the Goathland Plough Stotts [Stots], and the play performed by them ( Goathland, North Yorkshire), [2] pp. The notes appear to be par...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
3 April 1976
[Collector announcement]; Fryup Cricket Club Dinner, recorded in a pub [in Newton ]; general conversation; unidentified male recites Christmas rhyme (repeated) and a New Year rhyme (traditionally spok...
Sound Recording, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan
November 1974
Soundtrack for the film 'Soulcaking at Antrobus', made by Leeds University Television Service in 1975. Includes a complete performance of the Antrobus Soulcake play, recorded in the Wheatsheaf pub, An...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire
Harrop, Peter K
28 May 1979
Don Rouse, recorded in the Elephant and Castle pub, Bampton, talks about the Bampton mummers' play; the play's revival in 1946 by Ted Hunt, following enquiries by Reverend Bateman; the script; learnin...
Plants in Folklore
[1960s]
This file contains cuttings from the 'Plants in Folklore' series published in 'Amateur Gardening' (?in the 1960s). The series was written by A. J. Huxley and illustrated by G. R. Kingbourn, and each p...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Harrop, Peter K
31 October 1978
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh. Incomplete recording - starts with fragment of the Doctor's speech, and continues with Dairy Doubt. [Tr. 1...