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A strange metamorphosis of man, transformed into a wildernesse. Deciphered in characters
Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)
1634
Sometimes attributed to Richard Brathwait. Signatures: A26 B-I2122 (-A1). The last two leaves are blank.
Sheep Farmers
Cooper, Edmund
1966
Copy of a photographic portrait of Richard Alderson Scott and Anthony Alderson Scott, sheep farmers from Muker ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. catalogue details in the hand of Werne...
Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1965
Sheep washing on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). Sheep and lambs swimming through and climbing out of the washpool. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0624 . With ms. notes, inclu...
Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
June 1965
Sheep washing on Outgang Beck at Thornton Rust ( Wensleydale). A farmer throws a sheep from the fold into the washpool. Two other sheep swim through the washpool. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/...
Folk Medicine
Wood, Richard
1965
An examination of some of the medical beliefs and practices of the past in North Yorkshire, based on printed sources (including the writing of Eliza Gutch and Richard Blakeborough), and interviews wit...
Sound Recording, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1963
Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...
Sound Recordings, Powys
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Parry, David (1937-)
[1960s]
[Collector announcement (Ellis)]; Mr. ?Richards, recorded outside in Llanafan-fawr [undated]; talks about the electricity supply to the area; fire grates in local houses; peat burning; local dwellings...
Miscellaneous Folklore Papers
1964-1979
Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...
Sound Recordings, Devon and Cornwall
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
March 1963
[Stanley Ellis announcement]; Samuel Snell, recorded on his farm in Swimbridge; talks about the bad winter of 1962/1963; farming sheep and beef bullocks; Devon Closewool [sheep breed]; discuss sheep f...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Wright, John T
October 1958
[Announcement, ?by Tony Green]; Ernest Smythe, recorded in Parracombe; talks about working life on the railway (as office boy, timekeeper); gangs working on the line, and the difficulty of building it...
Donkey Pack Saddle
Langhorne, Richard
[1970]
Front view of a donkey pack saddle from a collection at the Castle Museum, York.