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Medicine Horn
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Medicine Horn

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Male holding cowhorn used as a spoon for administering medicine to cattle, Starbotton ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0501. With typed note.

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Medicine Horn
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Medicine Horn

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1962

Cowhorn used as a spoon for administering medicine to cattle, Starbotton ( Wharfedale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0500. With typed note.

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Medicine Horns
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Medicine Horns

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Cowhorns used as spoons for administering medicine to cattle and horses, hanging on the stone wall of a cowhouse or barn in Leyburn ( Wensleydale). The horns were collected in Swaledale by Mr. Ronnie ...

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Medicine Horns
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Medicine Horns

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Cowhorns used as spoons for administering medicine to cattle and horses, Leyburn ( Wensleydale). The horns were collected in Swaledale by Mr. Ronnie of Leyburn. Cattle received medicine through the br...

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Some Aspects of Oral, Social and Material Tradition in an Industrial Urban Area

McKelvie, Donald

1963

The nine chapters in this Ph.D. thesis describe an approach to collecting folklife material in the cities, towns and villages of West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield), with cha...

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The Customs and Superstitions of Horseracing

Morgan, Brian

1978

A study of horseracing folklore, with particular reference to the town of Newmarket in Suffolk. Sections include an introduction to the sport and its association with Newmarket, occupational folklore ...

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Holmewood. Portrait of a Village: A Survey of the Customs, Traditions and Beliefs in a Derbyshire Mining Village

Rodgers, L J

1967

A study of the folklore of Holmewood in Derbyshire. Its sections provide a brief description of the old village, with particular reference to places and objects which are part of the life and traditio...

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Plant Lore in England: 1600-1800

Drury, Susan

1984

M.Phil. thesis surveying the use of plants in material culture, as food, in calendar and social customs, in medicine, orthodox religion and the supernatural, in popular belief, divination, charms and ...

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Student Folklore Dossiers

1971-1982

Student folklore dossiers, variously subtitled Scheme B - Folk Life 1: First Term Exercise, and Folk Life Exercise: First Term. Each compilation includes the student's biographical details, and items ...

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Folklore Survey (Goathland)

Green, R J

1963

A fieldwork notebook containing items of folklore collected during July 1963 in Goathland, North Yorkshire, from sixteen informants. For each informant, a name and address are given, and the item coll...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

12 September 1974

Horace White, recorded at home in Spexhall; talks about the village pub; the Suffolk feudal system; World War One; working life, including fishing in Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire), local council in Suff...

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Folklore of Worsley: A Miscellaneous Collection of Tradition and Belief From the Area of Worsley, Salford Metropolitan District

Skinner, Margaret

1975

A study of the folklore of Worsley people, based on oral and printed sources. Interviews were conducted with older residents, and children at a Primary School in Walkden. The study contains a sectio...

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