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Dialect recording in Longnor, Shropshire
15 Aug 1952
[Side1] Charlie recalls being ill after finding wife's home-made wine and not realising it was elderberry syrup and needed diluting, recalls incident where he saved friend from drowning after drinking...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 Aug 1952
[Side 1] John describes daily routine on farm, incl. mucking out, milking, 'brushing' [= trimming] hedges, talks about going to local pub, recalls occasion when he came home drunk. [Side 2] John talks...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Sherborne, Gloucestershire
Jun 1956
[Side 1] Frank tells anecdote about getting drunk, describes visit to Crow's Castle and drinking wine before returning home in torrential rain, recalls taking shelter in barn and sleeping in upturned ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Earl's Croome, Worcestershire
12 Dec 1955
[Side 1] George talks about farm workers' daily intake of cider during haymaking in past, recalls farmer making 30 or 40 'hogshead' [= cask] each year and carrying two buckets on yoke and half-pint 'h...