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Total number of records: 89

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture89
folk music89
manners and customs89
rites and ceremonies89
holidays77
english language - dialects62
community life43
social life and customs39
occupations35
folk drama34

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Harrop, Peter K21
Sullivan, Keith Frederick7
Green, Anthony E (1943-)6
Baldwin, John R4
Dunn, Ginette4
Bennett, Mrs2
Bennett, Ray2
Calvert, Valerie E2
Chambers, Tony2
Cook, E. T.2

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Sound Recordings, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall

Patten, Bob

1970-1971

Compilation of field recordings of traditional songs from the West Country(accompanied and unaccompanied, complete and fragments), a monologue and a children's calendar custom rhyme. The songs include...

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Sound Recording, New Zealand

Dunn, Ginette

[1973]

Male Maori informant, recorded in Gisborne, New Zealand; talks about black magic, song composition, laments, song collection, memorisation, inheritance of song, Maori ancestors and Maori god, teaching...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Webber, M R

[1965-1966]

Unaccompanied male/female singers, singing solos and duets. Includes May songs (May 1st garlanding, May 29th Royal Oak Day), and children's singing games recorded in the playground of a Luton Junior S...

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Sound Recording, Greater Manchester

Edwards, Janet E

[1967]

The collector introduces and sings four songs associated with May Day celebrations in Salford. These include a Molly Dancers' song, which the collector states as having been sung in the city in the 19...

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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...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

3 November 1978

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in Antrobus Parish Hall. [Tr. 4] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Windmill pub, Tabley. Incomplete recording - starts wi...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

4 November 1978

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Spinner and Bergamot pub, Comberbach. [Gap/drop-out during Beelzebub's speech.] [Tr. 8] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

31 October 1979

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play outside the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh; [collector announcement]. [Tr. 1] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Maypole pub...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

31 October 1979

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the Hazel Pear pub, Acton Bridge, followed by an interview in the pub with Ian MacCormack (Beelzebub); talk of the players' speech/accent, learni...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Harrop, Peter K

2 November 1979

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in the White Lion pub [Folk Club], Northwich. [Tr. 4] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soul-caking play in [?the Birch and Bottle pub, Higher Wh...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Pierce, Andrew; Harrop, Peter K

24 December 1978

Bampton Mummers, recorded in Bampton, performing their Christmas play in the Elephant and Castle pub [Tr. 1], the Eagle pub [collector announces the name of the pub and the time of recording, and comm...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Harrop, Peter K

26 December 1977

[Collector announcement]; Ripon Sword Dancers, recorded in the streets of Ripon, perform the Ripon Sword-Dance Play. Includes singing at the start and finish; and comments by the performers whilst wal...

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