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Total number of records: 74

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SubjectCount
community life74
entertainment events74
manners and customs74
social life and customs74
culture52
holidays42
rites and ceremonies38
food33
occupations32
religion32

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu5
Tammivaara, Irmeli5
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)4
Monaghan, Ann M4
Sullivan, Keith Frederick3
Calvert, Valerie E2
Hartley, Frank2
Higgenbottom2
Higginbottom, Mr Bernard2
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2

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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Lenihan, J M A

11 Jul 1939

[Side 1] [Inaudible]. [Side 2] Henry and Jack remember Otterburn picnics of the past, walking from West Woodburn to Otterburn, getting a lift on wood wagon, staying in Brigg and Coldtown, picnic sport...

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A Study of Certain Marriage Customs

Barter, Loraine Susan

1975

A study of marriage customs, based on responses to a questionnaire compiled by the Societé Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Folklore. This concentrates on wedding presents, including the dowry, and ...

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Bartle (West Witton Bartle Fair)
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Bartle (West Witton Bartle Fair)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

24 August 1967

Mr. James Ward of West Witton ( Wensleydale) putting the finishing touches to the Bartle for the West Witton Bartle Fair. The Bartle is a guy that will be burned on a bonfire as part of the fair celeb...

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Bartle (West Witton Bartle Fair)
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Bartle (West Witton Bartle Fair)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

24 August 1967

Mr. James Ward of West Witton ( Wensleydale) with a young boy, putting the finishing touches to the Bartle for the West Witton Bartle Fair. The Bartle is a guy that will be burned on a bonfire as part...

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Ukwu Festival Dancer
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Ukwu Festival Dancer

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of a female dancer at the Ukwu Festival, Nigerian East Central State, Idemmli Division. The dancer wears bells on her ankles, and heavy anklets which r...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

1973

Continuation of interview, started on tape A019, with ? Frank Hartley in Preston, regarding the Preston Guild of 1972 - local reaction after the event, cost of the event and commercial benefits, publi...

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Sound Recordings, Somerset

Mitchell, Sarah L G

1978-1979

[Collector announcement: informant collector's mother]; E. M. Mitchell, of Bath, talks about present-day Christmas traditions - shopping, cards, present buying, house decorations; Christmas Eve tradit...

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Ulaga Masquerade
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Ulaga Masquerade

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of the Ulaga masquerade at the Ukwu Festival, Nigerian East Central State, Idemmli Division. Three men dance, dressed in brightly patterned costumes an...

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Ijele Masquerade
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Ijele Masquerade

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of an Ijele dancing at an Ijele Masquerade (Nigerian East Central State). The Ijele costume consists of a frame made of lightweight materials, which is...

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Higgs, Judith

August 1972

Arthur Price and Mrs. Arthur Price, recorded in Stonnall, relate a supernatural anecdote, and discuss Shireoaks Club (Feast) and Wakes Week in Stonnall, the village fair and fox hunting.

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

[1973]

Male informant [? Mr. Suddell], recorded in Preston, talks about the Preston Guild of 1972 - organisation, description of themed Catholic procession, costumes - role of the Committee [informant's neph...

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Igbo Festivals: Some Aspects of Ritual Among the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1976

M.A. study in two sections. The first includes an introduction to the Igbo society of Eastern Nigeria, emphasising the Igbo economy, political organisations, belief system and other aspects of Igbo cu...

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