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The Farmer Cider-Maker in North and Central Somerset
Coleman, D N
1966
A thesis concerned with those Somerset cider-makers who combine cider-making with farming activities. The core of the study is the description of processes and equipment based on fieldwork carried out...
Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester
Waller, Vivien M
1961-1962
Schoolgirls recite/chant/sing skipping rhymes; also ball bouncing and counting-out rhymes, song (some parodies), explanations of (chasing) games (including 'Farmer Farmer') and the circle game 'Sally ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
9 September 1976
[Collector announcement]; Oswald Welford, recorded at home in Roxby; recites some of the words to the song 'Farmer Giles', and sings a fragment; talks about singing and dances; mother's musical abilit...
Yorkshire Broadsheet
Daniel, Tom
1966
This file contains two copies of a collection of folk songs collected, revised, or rewritten by Tom (Tommy) Daniel of York. The collection includes song texts and notes on the songs. The songs include...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
23 Nov 1979 - 14 Dec 1979
Schoolgirls recorded at Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 23 November 1979; discussing the games they have learned from their teacher, and the clapping rhyme 'My Mother Told Me'. [Tr. 5] Chi...
Sound Recording, North Lincolnshire
Harrop, Peter K
6 January 1978
Pub singing, recorded in the village of Haxey, before the playing of the Haxey Hood game, an inter-village contest held annually between Haxey and Westwoodside, and involving the players' attempt to m...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979]
Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Attebery, Louie W (1927-); Green, Anthony E (1943-)
26 April 1972
[Tony Green announcement]; Jackie Beresford, recorded at home in Buckden; talk of JB's fiddle; JB tunes up and discusses Bob Pegg and Carol Pegg; plays part of unidentified tune; plays dance tunes 'Bu...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Eccleston, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Apr 1954
[Side 1] Tom talks about decline of local coal mining industry, comments mechanical coal-cutters too expensive and unsuitable for local pits as roofs too low and 'bracklesome' [= brittle], outlines va...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
19 March 1976
Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'All Jolly Fellows that Follow the Plough', [first line: 'When I was a jolly young ploughboy'], 'Farmer's Boy' and [first line: 'Come with me to t...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
8 September 1976
[Collector announcement]; Will White, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about singing; living at the Black Bull pub; pub singing; biographical details; running the pub with his wife; also mixed farm...
Sound Recording, Berkshire
Baldwin, John R
1967
Dave Blagrove, recorded in Reading; sings [with ?banjo/?ukulele accompaniment] 'Sandy Lane', the Oxford boatmen's songs 'The Ballad of Tom Beechey' and 'Les Morton's Navy'; 'Maggie May', 'Farmer's Boy...