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Total number of records: 43

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SubjectCount
occupations43
culture33
agriculture31
community life30
folk music26
english language - dialects25
food24
food crops17
manners and customs17
nature15

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dunn, Ginette14
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)3
Shaw, David H3
Sullivan, Keith Frederick3
Tammivaara, Irmeli3
Baldwin, John R2
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Green, Anthony E (1943-)2
Hart, William2

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Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland

23 Feb 1939

[Side 1] Conversation between coxswain Brown and Hunter (unplayable by current technological means). [Side 2] Conversation between Janet and Maggie about crossing to Holy Island; Hunter recites the st...

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Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

10 Mar 1939

[Side 1] Florrie recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Rothbury dialect; Florrie, Billy and Charlie talk about fishing (first few seconds inaudible). [Side 2] Billy and Charlie ...

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Dialect recording in Cullercoats, Northumberland

Hornsby, G

11 Nov 1938

[Side 1] Mrs. Henry recites passage, 'Cullercoats and the work of the fisher folks', describes week-long mussel-fishing trips and work of fisher wives: baiting lines (140 hooks per line), waiting with...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Baldwin, John R

1969

Mrs. I. M. Brown and Mrs. Cotmore [?sisters], recorded in Oxford in 1969. Recitation of the words to 'I had a Little Donkey', and the monologues 'Sally and Her Sweetheart', and 'Little Boy and the Err...

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The Phonology of the Living Dialect of Hargrave

Wilson, David S

1963

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Hargrave, Northamptonshire, based on one informant's responses to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and an analysis of a tape recording of t...

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Sound Recordings, England

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)

[1960s]

Compilation of extracts from field recordings made between 1953 and 1959 as part of the Survey of English Dialects, dubbed and edited from gramophone disc copies by Reg Ross of the University of Leeds...

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Stereotypes in English Folk Song

Ferris, Deborah Morwenna

1981

[M.A.] dissertation which suggests that male stereotypes are identifiable by their occupational name, and that from a reference in a song to a man of a certain occupation, a great deal can be predicte...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

June 1975

Ruby Ling, recorded at Snape Old Folks' Club, sings 'Wheel Your P'rambulator'; Bob Hart sings 'Why Shouldn't We Sing?'; all sing a hymn, 'Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer'. Recorded on 19 June 1975. [...

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Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

05 Apr 1939

[Side 1] John Johnson talks about father farming at Black Heddon before being sacked for stopping squire crossing his land and moving to Shotley Bridge, father died when John was seven and John return...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

27 Oct - 07 Nov 1952

Side 1 recording in Pateley Bridge. Side 2 recording in Horton-in-Ribblesdale. [Side 1] Mrs. Hesselden talks about baking bread, lists ingredients incl. flour, 'lile' [= little] bit of yeast and lard,...

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Sound Recordings, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1950s]

Male informant, recorded in Therfield; talks about ploughing with horses; the self-binder; horse-driven threshing machine; storing corn, and selling at [?Royston] Corn Exchange; taking wheat to mill f...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Hunsonby, Cumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Jan 1954

[Side 1] Albert talks about his schooldays, describes eccentric schoolmaster 'caving' about [= dancing awkwardly] betwen desks talking to himself, eventually could not cope singlehandedly with 85 chil...

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