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Ethnographical Survey of the United Kingdom
British Association for the Advancement of Science
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains photocopies of items from the Reports of the 65th, 66th and 67th meetings of the British Association ( 1895-1897). The photocopies contain the 3rd, 4th and 5th reports of the Associ...
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...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire
Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee
[1965-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...
Sound Recordings, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire
Lewis, Wendy Hilary
[1973-1974]
?Collector reads from W. A. Clouston's 'The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons, or, Fools and their Follies' (1888) - blason populaire associated with the town of Gotham, and the Fools/Men of Goth...
The Wise Men of Gotham
Lewis, Wendy Hilary
1974
An examination of thirty-four tales told by, and of, the people of Gotham in Nottinghamshire, with reference both to published and oral versions of stories which tell of the foolishness and trickery o...