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culture5
manners and customs5
rites and ceremonies5
community life4
holidays4
occupations4
folklore3
nature3
persons3
social life and customs3

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Cherry, Bertha1
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy1
Day, Ernest1
Dodd, Mr1
Dunn, Ginette1
Geddes, John1
Hare, Beccy1
Harris, Susan1
Ingram, Alec1
Kefford, Bert1

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan; Murray, John

1974

Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in the Wheatsheaf pub, Antrobus, on 2 November 1974. [Tr. 2] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in the Holly Bush pub, Little Leigh, on...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Priscilla Savage, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 31 October 1974; talks about remembering songs and giving song texts to other people; sings 'There Were Two Jolly Sportsmen' [incomplete - recites...

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Sound Recording, Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

December 1973

James McCrindle, recorded at home in Ayr, talks about his career as a fisherman; the type of fish caught; fishing grounds; starting in 1923; describes a fishing boat, sailing as a schoolboy, the crew,...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1959-1960

Alf Odell, recorded in Gravenhurst in November 1959; describes the process of thatching a haystack/rick; his working clothes and the tools used [ Bert Kefford and Doris Kefford join in]; Mr. Kefford a...

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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...

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