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SubjectCount
communities6
culture6
manners and customs4
community life3
holidays3
english language - dialects2
entertainment events2
folk music2
folklore2
occupations2

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People and organisationsCount
Bhayat, Farouk1
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1
Simpson, Thomas1
Smith, Eric A1
Sullivan, Keith Frederick1
Vilches, Ma Luz C1

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Some of the Festivals Celebrated in Mauritius

Bhayat, Farouk

1975

A description of (religious) festivals observed on the island of Mauritius. The study includes an introduction to the island and its people, followed by sections on the Chinese New Year, Hindu, Tamil,...

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Some Aspects of Custom and Belief in the West Indian Community in Leeds

Smith, Eric A

1968

Study presented for the postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies. Information gathered from informants relates to customs and beliefs observed in individual islands of the West Indies, or to observan...

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An Annotated Collection of Visayan Riddles from Leyte and Samar, Philippines

Vilches, Ma Luz C

1980

M.A. dissertation comprising an annotated collection of riddles from the Philippines (islands of Leyte and Samar), gathered by the collector from the archive of the Divine Word University Museum in Ta...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 December 1976

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; talks about singing at the Plough pub [?in Lebberston], changes to the pub, the importance of holiday camps to pub custom, the...

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Folk Song: General

1959-1981

This file contains typed song texts for 'Ah'm an O'wd Age Penshoner' (provenance unknown); a photocopy of the text and tune for 'Charley of Armor', collected from Captain Shields by Geoff Wood, from a...

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Contact Print Notebook

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

1968

The A5 contact print notebook contains 68 pasted-in black and white contact prints. The prints are accompanied by Kissling's ms. notes, including locations, dates, OS grid references, informant detail...

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