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Playford, Averil H20
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)10
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Houck, Charles L4
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)4
Green, Anthony E (1943-)3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Davies, Dick2
Sheepy Magna Response Book - 13Lei7
Archive Item

Sheepy Magna Response Book - 13Lei7

Playford, Averil H

10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956

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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Archive Piece

Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Sheepy Magna Response Book]

Playford, Averil H

10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Some Experiments on the Reproduction of Folk-Stories

Bartlett, Sir Frederic C (1887-1969)

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of Sir Frederic Bartlett's paper reporting on the results of a psychological experiment conducted through the University of Cambridge Psychological Laboratory, on how st...

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Archive File

Skin and Leatherwork; Shoe and Clogmaking

1962-1979

This file contains items relating to clogs and clogmaking, including typed notes on the clogger, Lancashire clogs, and questions on clogs and cloggers, from Burnley Grammar School for the G.C.E. in Ha...

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Harby Response Book]

Playford, Averil H

29 Feb 1956 - 2 Mar 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Sheepy Magna Response Book - 13Lei7
Archive Piece

Book I: The Farm [Sheepy Magna Response Book]

Playford, Averil H

10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant George Emery recorded by fieldworker Averil Playford in the Internationa...

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Swinstead Response Book - 10L13
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Swinstead Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

19 Oct 1951 - 24 Oct 1951

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Sheepy Magna Response Book - 13Lei7
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Notes [Sheepy Magna Response Book]

Playford, Averil H

10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants.

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Ullesthorpe Response Book - 13Lei10
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Ullesthorpe Response Book]

Playford, Averil H

19 Mar 1956 - 23 Mar 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Bickerstaffe Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

28 Jun 1955 - 1 Jul 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Horton-in-Ribblesdale Response Book]
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Horton-in-Ribblesdale Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

17 Nov 1952 - 21 Nov 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Hathern Response Book - 13Lei2
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Hathern Response Book]

Playford, Averil H

15 May 1956 - 19 May 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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