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Sound Recording, Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

Various informants talk of Cat Anna ( Leicester woman regarded as a witch), a secret tunnel used by Lady Jane Grey, Leicester Castle, witch burnings, divination (future husband, sex of unborn baby); C...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Marshside, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Apr 1954

[Side 1] Three fishermen in conversation about 1926 fisherman’s strike, discuss dispute and recall several clashes with police, incl. friend who 'clossemed' [= struck/hit] policeman. [Side 2] Three ...

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