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Lyonshall Response Book - 15He7
Wright, Peter
16 Jun 1952 - 19 Jun 1952
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
June 1971
Charles Green singing at home in Dungworth, near Sheffield. Recorded 10 June 1971. [Tr. 8]. This session concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A123r (AC048, Tr. 4). Billy Perkins singing and talking at home in...
Sound Recording, Dorset
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Bill Lewis, recorded in Netherbury; talks about farm work; horse husbandry; haymaking; recollections of the village of his childhood; roads; traffic (horses and carts); describes rock breaking with ex...
A Study of the Musical Ornamentation in the Traditional Singing Style of Darach Ó Catháin
Poor, Edith
1974
An examination of the singing style of Darach Ó Catháin, an Irishman living in Leeds, through analysis of his singing of one song, 'John O' Reilly'. The project comprises three sections: an explanat...
Sound Recording, Northamptonshire
Skelton, G
[1979]
Male speaker [?originally from Norfolk], recorded in Wellingborough; recites a selection of narratives (monologues and anecdotes), a poem by C. L. Lewis, and poems from a volume of Norfolk dialect ver...
Ethnographical Survey of the United Kingdom
British Association for the Advancement of Science
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains photocopies of items from the Reports of the 65th, 66th and 67th meetings of the British Association ( 1895-1897). The photocopies contain the 3rd, 4th and 5th reports of the Associ...
A Phonology of the Dialect of Greyabbey, County Down
McKeown, Roy
1971
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Greyabbey in Northern Ireland, based on interviews with three local informants. An introduction to the village and its environs is followed by four ch...
Sound Recordings, East Anglia and Scotland
BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
[1950s]
'Singing the Fishing', the third of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and...
Sound Recordings, East Anglia and Scotland
BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)
[1950s]
'Singing the Fishing', the third of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and...
Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
7 February 1976
[Collector announcement]; William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton ; sings 'Out in the Wild World'; talks about his father and his employment on local farms and ironstone mines, his death in 1930; WH ...
Courtship and Marriage; Death and Funerals
1962-1980
This file contains items on marriage customs, death and funeral customs and beliefs, and ghosts. This includes ms. and typed correspondence between R. W. Crosland and Tony Green on the custom of biddi...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire
Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...