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Total number of records: 18

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etiquette18
persons18
community life10
culture10
communication8
conduct of life8
english language - dialects8
manners and customs8
animals7
nature7

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)5
Metcalfe, Syd5
Richardson, John5
Neale, Brenda Ann4
Chamberlain, John S1
Cross, Mrs1
Frear, Mr1
Frear, Mrs1
Love, Mrs1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1

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West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 8

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 8: Behaviour. Includes questions VIII.8.1 Bogey [i.e. Bogeyman] - VIII.8.8 Our own...

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West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 8

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 8: Behaviour. Includes questions VIII.8.9 Cursing/Swearing - VIII.8.15 Collect.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 9

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 9: Qualities. Includes questions VIII.9.1 Active - VIII.9.7 Such a (fool).

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SED Word Map: Look For (It)
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SED Word Map: Look For (It)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question III.13.18, Look For (It), mapping Northern Counties responses with Lait. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and is dated 28 Novembe...

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Getting Married: An Ethnographic and Bibliographic Study

Neale, Brenda Ann

1985

This Ph.D. thesis is divided into two parts. Part One, The Study of Ritual, describes theoretical foundations, theoretical developments and urban ritual studies. Part Two, Getting Married, includes ch...

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mr. Richardson gestures as he names a price. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC...

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mr. Richardson gestures as he names a price. Unmounted.

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mr. Metcalfe haggles the price. The hand gestures of the two men suggest that the...

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Mr. Richardson continues the haggling. The hand gestures of the two men suggest t...

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Striking a Bargain
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Striking a Bargain

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1964

Farmers Syd Metcalfe and John Richardson negotiating the sale of a cow outside a farm in Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). The farmers prepare to strike a bargain. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Neale, Brenda Ann

11 March 1976

[Collector announcement]; female, recorded in her parents' house in Leeds; describes her first meeting with her future husband; first date; buying drinks; meeting in-laws; presents; going out annivers...

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Essex, Middlesex and London Responses: Book IX

[1960s]

Collated responses from locations in Essex, Middlesex and London to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Questionnaire Book IX: States, Actions, Relations.

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