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Total number of records: 28

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culture28
occupations28
quarries and quarrying28
folklore23
manners and customs20
community life18
literature and folklore13
communication12
nature12
superstition12

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)7
Green, Anthony E (1943-)3
Brooks, Margaret2
Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)2
Cox, N.1
Daniel, Tom1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Ewing, Bill1
Gledhill, James1
Grinley, Bill1

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Building Technique

1966-1973

This file contains items relating to buildings and construction techniques, and includes photocopies of maps showing the location of aisle-trusses in Welsh buildings, and aisled buildings in Yorkshire...

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Natural Formations

1964-1973

This file contains items on natural formations and the landscape, including Pauline Flick's article on the Rollright Stones and their conservation, extracted from 'Country Life' (30 August 1973), pp. ...

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Roads and Tracks

1963-1973

This file contains mounted magazine cuttings from 'John Peel Jottings' and 'Country Life', on bridges, cobble-laying, an ancient causeway in Wiltshire, an old tidal cart track at South Foreland (Kent)...

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Historical Events

1969-1975

This file contains Theo Brown's pamphlet, 'Trojans in the West Country' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1970), 16 pp.; L. V. Grinsell's pamphlet on the folklore of Stanton Drew (St. Peter Port: Toucan ...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging above the window of a stone cottage in West Burton ( Wensleydale). At the time of photographing, the stone had been in its po...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging above the window of a stone cottage in West Burton ( Wensleydale). At the time of photographing, the stone had been in its po...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging inside the smithy at Finghall (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1671 and LAVC/PHO/P1672. With ms. ...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging on a door at the smithy in Finghall (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1670 and LAVC/PHO/P1672. Wit...

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Luck Stone
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Luck Stone

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1964

Luck stone, a protective charm consisting of a pebble with a hole, hanging on a door at the smithy in Finghall (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1670 and LAVC/PHO/P1671. Wit...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

26 October 1973

Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; sings an unidentified song about farmers' lads; relates anecdotes/stories regarding a dog and a hare, dialect, friends reunited, father quarrying and workm...

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Dry Stone Dwellings

1970

This file contains 2 articles extracted from 'Country Life' magazine, both reader's letters accompanied by illustrations of stone dwellings. Includes clocháns on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, a...

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Pagan and Christian Mythology

1955-1976

This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...

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