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The Living Dialect of Whittle-le-Woods
Jones, Gordon Pryce
1963
A study of the dialect spoken by one man from Whittle-le-Woods in Lancashire, based on data collected in April 1962 using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire and the tape recording of free conversation. A...
SED Word Map: Donkey
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map for SED question III.13.16, Donkey, mapping the distribution of responses Moke and Mokus.
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Wilson, David L
11 December 1971
Allison Cooke and Janet Stern, recorded in Leeds, talking about American university and college campus folklore: rumour; freshman initiation; homecoming games; May Day weekend; Greek Weekend; Greek Si...
Treatments and Cures
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains items relating to traditional treatments and cures for common diseases and ailments. This includes a photocopy of the 'Home Remedies' section of 'The Foxfire Book', edited by Eliot ...
Urban Folklore
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1964-1980
This file contains items on contemporary legends and folklore, and includes an ms. letter from A. Tozer (to Stewart Sanderson?) on modern folktales (16 December 1964), prompted by an article in 'The G...
Photographic Negatives
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
[1960s-1970s]
The photographic negatives held by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) comprise 620 individual negatives and sets of negatives. The collection consists of a variety of formats, incl...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Essex
Berntsen, Howard N
1962
M.A. thesis comprising three volumes. Volume One contains six chapters, the first being a description of the Essex sounds recorded in 1958, 1959 and 1961. Chapters Two to Six treat the development of ...
Sound Recordings, Essex
Berntsen, Howard N
1959-1961
Arthur Wapling, recorded in East Mersea; talks about farming methods; ploughing with horses - describes a stetch, dividing the field, (water) furrows and drainage; modern day farming - compares workin...