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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...