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