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Some Aspects of Oral, Social and Material Tradition in an Industrial Urban Area
McKelvie, Donald
1963
The nine chapters in this Ph.D. thesis describe an approach to collecting folklife material in the cities, towns and villages of West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield), with cha...
A Folkloristic Approach to Traditional Educational Processes in Igbo
Oduah, Gabriel Ikechukwu
1981
M.A. dissertation on aspects of the folk life of the Igbo people living in south-eastern Nigeria. The study is divided into three sections, the first containing chapters on the Igbo people (their geog...
The Folklore of the Northumbrian Fishing Communities
Robson, Joanne
1967
A study of crab, lobster and salmon fishermen, and the communities in which they live, covering the length of the Northumberlandcoast. In collecting folklore of the area and the industry, the collecto...
Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]
Bryon, Fiona
10 Jun 1980 - 15 Dec 1980
Jim Roche [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A087] talks about his Trade Union involvement as a Shop Steward in the Leeds clothing industry: industrial and social problems of members; church involvement in...
Staithes
Day, Angela M
1967
A study of Staithes in North Yorkshire, in two sections. The first considers the community, and contains an introduction to the village and its history, and sections on the social pattern (dress, educ...
Kuwaiti Folktales
Al-Hamdan, Amna Rashed
1967
Postgraduate study comprising four chapters. The Introduction has sections on the geography and climate of Kuwait, the origin of its people, a brief history of modern Kuwait, religion, family and soci...
Birth, Marriage, Death and Initiation Customs and Beliefs in the Central Sudan
Hamid, Sayed
1966
M.A. study of customs connected with the life cycle in central Sudan. The aim has been to put these in their proper social setting and to give them possible interpretations, whilst also attempting to ...
Plant Lore in England: 1600-1800
Drury, Susan
1984
M.Phil. thesis surveying the use of plants in material culture, as food, in calendar and social customs, in medicine, orthodox religion and the supernatural, in popular belief, divination, charms and ...
An Examination of the Trials of the Lancashire Witches 1612
Daley, Janice
1976
A study divided into five chapters. The first describes the continental influence on witch beliefs in England, with sections on scepticism and the Scriptures, the influence of James I, and the social ...
Popular Belief in Leicester
Edge, Christine
1965
A study of the folklore of people living in Leicester, based on interviews with friends, acquaintances and other informants, including residents of a local Old Peoples' Home. The study contains six ch...
Essex Witchcraft - A Review
Mahoney, Kathryn C
1973
A study of witchcraft in Essex, comprising five chapters. The first concerns origins, and looks at possible beginnings of the witch cult, with a discussion of the social climate of the time when the w...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
23 November 1971
Loreto Todd, recorded at the University of Leeds; talks about the organisation of singing and storytelling in Ireland [informant born in Coalisland, ?studying in the School of English at Leeds at the ...