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Pace Egg Plays and Mumming: Correspondence
1975
This file contains photocopies of ms. letters sent to Mr. Gerald Tyler on Pace Egg plays and mumming in Brighouse. The correspondence appears to be in response to appeals for information in the 'Brigh...
Dales Pony
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1966
Informant R. L. Peacock with thoroughbred modern Dales working pony, Scarhouse Farm, Muker ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card. Also mounted on the card is a newspaper cutting from the 'Northern ...
Tradition and Belief in Industrial Communities: A Comparative Study of Middlesbrough and Some Durham Mining Villages
Woodall, Carole W
1965
An examination and comparison of the folklore of people living in Middlesbrough and Durham, based on fieldwork interviews in the homes and workplace of steelworkers (including a visit in 1964 to the w...
Games and Pastimes
1969-1976
This file comprises four photographic prints of historic European playing cards, accompanied by a photocopy of a typed key to the plates; a photocopy of Frank Weatherill's typed and ms. notes on the g...
Folklore Correspondence
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1980-1982
This file contains correspondence between Tony Green and various correspondents concerning a variety of folk customs and beliefs. The file includes correspondence accompanying an article extracted fro...
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...
Traditional Song: General
1963-1979
This file contains items relating to aspects of traditional music, and includes a copy of 'The Health of Man', a collection of traditional songs from Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Lancashire, c...
Sheep, Geese, Bees and Dogs
1957-1973
This file contains items relating largely to the care and management of sheep, but also items on geese, bees and dogs. This includes a typed copy of a letter on sheepshearing in Cumberland, from 'Will...
Sound Recording, County Durham
Hargreaves, Lesley
December 1980
David Bennett and Olive Bennett, of Shotton Colliery, discuss foodways, domestic and occupational customs: Sunday dinner, Saturday mealtimes, Sunday tea, Christmas food, Easter food; food for special ...