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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)17
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor7
Lunt, Jack7
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Houck, Charles L4
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
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Tammivaara, Irmeli3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
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Halewood Response Book - 5La14
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Halewood Response Book - 5La14

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Halewood Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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The Traditional Dances of Poland

Lange, Roderyk

1970

This file contains a copy of Roderyk Lange's paper on traditional dances in Poland, extracted from 'Viltis', volume 29, number 1 (May 1970), pp. 4-14.

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Reports on Mumming from the Industrial West Riding and Nottinghamshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1966

This file contains a typed paper by Tony Green giving information on mumming plays collected by himself and Mary Greenwald in West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. This includes information collected fr...

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Song Structure and Social Structure

Lomax, Alan (1915-2002)

[1962]

This file contains two photocopies of Alan Lomax's paper on the importance of the study of folk music in its context, i.e. as a form of human behaviour, from 'Ethnology', volume I, number 4 (October 1...

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Old Gaelic Bards

Lloyd Weedon, Trevor

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of Lloyd Weedon's ms. paper on bardic Gaelic singers in Scotland.

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Book I: The Farm [Halewood Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Jack Lunt recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the International P...

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Empingham Response Book - 14R1
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Empingham Response Book]

Playford, Averil H

18 Jul 1956 - 20 Jul 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Notes [Halewood Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality. ...

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Lutton Response Book - 10L14
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Lutton Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

15 Oct 1951 - 18 Oct 1951

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping. The answers of informant John Shorthand recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis i...

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Book II: Farming [Halewood Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.

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Book III: Animals [Halewood Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

29 Mar 1954 - 3 Apr 1954

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.

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