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Apparitions and Legends
1961-1972
This subseries contains items relating to supernatural apparitions and legends. The subject matter includes phantom sounds and smells, treasure and legends, including legends from Mount Kilimanjaro an...
Legends, Folktales, and Witches
[1971-1974]
This file includes a photocopy of questionnaires from the University College Dublin Department of Irish Folklore questionnaire, including sections on banshees, beverages, bonfires, local songs and wel...
Lore and Legend of the Western Fen Borderland
Toffler, Lenora Clare
1967
A study of the folklore of eleven informants living in villages to the north of Peterborough ( Crowland, Helpston, Whittlesey, Glinton and Maxey). The study comprises five chapters, with the first pre...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Latham-Thorpe, Jane Elizabeth
1976
Five adults (3 men, 2 women), recorded in Leeds, relate their versions of the same narratives: a shaggy-dog story, a contemporary legend concerning the building of the Rotunda in Birmingham, a local s...
Sound Recordings, Somerset
Palmer, Kingsley
c. 1968-1969
[Collector announcement]; Fred Patten talks about a Devil's Stone; the local church; egg shackling (children's game); Oak Apple Day; local curses and Barrington Hill; protection against the Devil; bat...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Latham-Thorpe, Jane Elizabeth
1976
Child and adult groups, recorded in Leeds. First session Children's Group: 5 schoolchildren relate their versions of the same (humorous, supernatural) narratives. Second session Children's Group: sa...
Sound Recordings, Somerset
Palmer, Kingsley
1968-1969
This tape contains what are possibly edited copies of the collector's original Somerset field recordings, with his announcements inserted. Ruth Tongue recites wassail verses, spoken on Christmas Eve...
Popular Belief in Leicester
Edge, Christine
1965
A study of the folklore of people living in Leicester, based on interviews with friends, acquaintances and other informants, including residents of a local Old Peoples' Home. The study contains six ch...
The Customs and Superstitions of Horseracing
Morgan, Brian
1978
A study of horseracing folklore, with particular reference to the town of Newmarket in Suffolk. Sections include an introduction to the sport and its association with Newmarket, occupational folklore ...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
26 October 1973
Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; sings an unidentified song about farmers' lads; relates anecdotes/stories regarding a dog and a hare, dialect, friends reunited, father quarrying and workm...
Ghost Stories of Salford and District
Gardiner, Margaret Alison
1979
An examination of supernatural legends about people associated with locations within the Metropolitan District of Salford.
A Collection of Folk Tales from Upper Nidderdale
Cook, Catherine
1971
M.A. dissertation on folktales recorded by the collector in Nidderdale in 1970-1971 (some of the tales are, however, set in locations beyond Nidderdale, e.g. Swaledale, Arkengarthdale and Merryfield)....