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Tristan da Cunha
1968
Pp. 399-400 of the 'British Dental Journal' for 5 November 1968. This originally formed part of an article surveying dental cavities and associated problems on Tristan da Cunha. A paragraph including ...
Booklists
1951-1980
These files contain bibliographies, catalogues and related items, collected by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and members of staff. The items were originally held in one...
A Study of the Implicit Metaphors in Selected Fairy Tales and Their Use in Modern Literature and the Media
Ross-Glass, Ruth M
1982
Ph.D. thesis considering the sociological and psychological significance of the implicit metaphors of ten popular fairy tales and their recurrence in contemporary life and literature. Each fairy tale ...
Marble-Finishing
1980
This file contains a cutting from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post' on Allan Preston, a tradesman skilled in the art of giving surfaces a marble-effect finish (14 July 1980).
Places and Districts: Cuttings, Etc.
1961-1978
This file contains items relating to specific locations. It includes magazine cuttings from 'The Countryman', 'Country Life', 'John Peel Jottings' and 'The Ridings', on the placenames Curnow and Lurke...
Dales Pony
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1966
Informant R. L. Peacock with thoroughbred modern Dales working pony, Scarhouse Farm, Muker ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card. Also mounted on the card is a newspaper cutting from the 'Northern ...
New Dialect Publication Proposals
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1969-1983
This file comprises correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and others on proposals for dialect-related publications following the completion of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). This includes...
Yorkshire Castles
Taylor, Alfred
1962
This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Round Yorkshire Castles' series, published in and extracted from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post'. The complete series ran from July - October (?) 1962, a...
House Types
1971-1979
This file contains items relating to different types of dwelling house, including cuttings from 'The Guardian' newspaper and 'Country Life' magazine on a medieval aisled house in Castle Caereinion use...
Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 1
1971-1972
This file contains a mounted newspaper cutting from 'The Guardian' on the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and the publication of the final Basic Material volumes (4 October 1971); an ms. letter from ...
Press Reports and Reviews
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1935-1959
Newspaper cuttings taken from local, regional, national and international issues reporting the work of Orton and the Survey, fieldwork, lectures given by Orton, local dialect and other language-relate...
A Descriptive and Historical Study of the Dialect of Netherton
Perrott, Valerie
1978
A study of the dialect spoken in the Worcestershire village of Netherton, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with six local people. An introduction to the village, the informants a...