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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
5 October 1972
Stanley Marsden singing and talking in his home, Allen Syke Farm, in Lodge Moor, Sheffield. Talks about learning songs (from his father/a song book); pub singing; singing whilst milking cows; repertoi...
A Popular Singing Tradition of an Area of South-East London
Wetton, Anne Lindsey
1974
A collection of popular songs recorded in 1973/1974 from informants living in and around the Bexleyheath area of London. Text and (some) tune transcriptions are presented, with comments from the colle...
The Goldsmith or Jeweller and Associated Customs in the Tamil Speaking Community of South Africa
Pather, Ranjeni
1980
A dissertation which considers the origins of the goldsmithing trade, looks at the manufacture of jewellery in South Africa by the Tamil speaking community of that country, and describes some of the c...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Ashton, John
[1974/1975]
Irish folk music and song session in the Regent pub, Leeds, including performances by a number of unidentified people. Includes mouth music (lilting), instrumental music (accordion and bodhran), conve...
Salient Features of the Yoruba Oral Tale
Olayemi, Rufus V K
1971
M.A. dissertation on the oral tales told by the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. Section One contains chapters on the Yoruba people, the oral tale in Yorubaland, the structure and types of tale to...
Some Aspects of Bakossi Rituals
Alobwede D'Epie, Charles
1974
M.A. dissertation on the ritual life of the Bakossi tribe in south-western Cameroon. The rituals are presented in the light of Bakossi original beliefs and thinking, that is, they are described as the...
The Black Country Dialect: A Collection of Words, Phrases, and Stories
Starkey, H J
1953
This file comprises an ms. notebook containing a collection of words, phrases and dialect texts of the Black Country (i.e. South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and North West Warwickshire), compi...
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...
Folktales: Miscellaneous 2
[1970-1973]
This file contains items relating to folklore and folktale, including folktales from Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lindi Shembi Williams of the University of Botswan...
Sound Recordings, Ireland
Taylor, Barry Roy
July 1975
Irish dance music and song recordings, featuring fiddle and uillean pipe playing. Compilation of the collector's field recordings, made in Miltown Malbay (County Clare). The fiddle and pipe playing ar...
"Gypsies and Travellers in Yorkshire"
Wyman, Melvyn
1980
M.A. study of Gypsy Traveller culture, and their material culture in particular, based on fieldwork carried out on camp sites in West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire, at the National Gypsy Education Cou...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
6 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about playing in a local dance band, and the tunes played, in Farndale and Rosedale Abbey - involvement of the whole ...