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Total number of records: 55

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culture55
english language - dialects35
folk music30
community life29
persons24
occupations21
manners and customs19
folklore15
play14
holidays12

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dunn, Ginette8
Baldwin, John R4
Green, Anthony E (1943-)4
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)3
Agg, Albert2
Cook, E. T.2
Cook, R. G.2
Ling, Percy (1906-1982)2
Lyons, James2
Ogg, M C2

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The Legend of Lady Godiva

Rudall, Alison E

1981

An examination of the legend of Lady Godiva, comprising four sections. The first, presenting a history of the legend, includes transcripts and a discussion of seven accounts of the legend, a discussio...

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Lincolnshire Folk Drama: The Lady
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Lincolnshire Folk Drama: The Lady

Ogg, M C

April 1979

Ms. illustration, drawn in felt-tipped pen by M. C. Ogg of Colby (Humberside), of The Lady, a character found in Lincolnshire wooing plays. The illustration was amongst a series of maps and illustra...

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Sword Dance Team
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Sword Dance Team

Ward, Olive

[1968-1969]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1937 of the Goathland Sword Dance Team in costume, Goathland (North Yorkshire). From left to right, the characters are the Captain, Tom, the Gentleman, the Lady, Betty an...

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Dry Stone Dwellings

1970

This file contains 2 articles extracted from 'Country Life' magazine, both reader's letters accompanied by illustrations of stone dwellings. Includes clocháns on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, a...

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Sword Dance Team
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Sword Dance Team

Welford, E B Mrs

[1968-1969]

Copy of a photograph of the Goathland Sword Dance Team in costume, Goathland (North Yorkshire). The team is made up of nine adult men. Four of the men wear costumes made of brightly patterned material...

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Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees

Schrut, Judith Lynne

23 January 1977

Margaret Postgate, Trevor Postgate and George Robinson (all of Thornaby) discuss domestic crafts - dressmaking, sewing, knitting, quilt-making, embroidery, enamelling, horticulture, bee-keeping. [Tr. ...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire and North Yorkshire

Cook, Catherine

1970-1971

Mr. Exley, recorded in Colne (Lancashire), talks about his hobby collecting country stories; dialect in country humour; relates stories concerning a vicar and a villager, a farmer and a late farmworke...

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Sound Recording, Worcestershire

Raven, Jon

November 1969

George Derrington, recorded in Great Malvern; introduces and then sings 'The Carnal and the Crane', about a carrion crow and crane discussing the birth of Jesus, and which incorporates two religious l...

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Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1964-1966

Recording of James Lyons [dubbed from damaged unedited master]; sings 'McCaffery', [3 unidentified], 'Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime', [unidentified fragment], children's singing game [ 'The wheel...

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The Development of Research into Children's Folklore in England

Chamberlain, John S

1961

M.A. research dissertation comprising essays intended to show the general development of responsible interest in children's folklore since the late eighteenth century. The study assesses the importanc...

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Thomas the Rhymer

Lyle, Emily Buchanan (1932-)

1965-1969

This file contains a copy of Emily Lyle's typed reconstruction of the words of 'Thomas the Rhymer', based on 'Thomas of Erceldoune', with line references and references to the ms. versions used and in...

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Christmas Traditions

1964-1972

This file contains items relating to Christmas traditions, and includes two photocopies of the section on Christmas (including Christmas Eve, games, mumming, Christmas Day, carols, decorations, food, ...

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