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The Observance of Mothering Sunday
Gregson, Peter
1966
A thesis on the tradition and observance of the mothering custom, based on fieldwork carried out in North Nottinghamshire villages from February to October 1965, and early in 1966. Information was als...
Boy with Guy
October 1965
Boy with a guy made for Guy Fawkes Night, outside the Packhorse pub on Woodhouse Lane, Leeds (West Yorkshire). This picture was taken during pub opening hours, the boy collecting money (Penny for the ...
Maypole
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1964
Maypole on the village green at Aldeburgh (Suffolk). Mounted on Photo File card.
Maypole
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1964
Maypole on the village green at Aldeburgh (Suffolk). Unmounted.
Decorated Egg
[1960s]
A hard-boiled, decorated egg, coloured with a food-based(?) red/pink dye. The shell is patterned with stencils made from small fern leaves and wild flowers.
Sound Recording, Greater Manchester
Dixon, Beverley Anne
4 March 1979
[Collector announcement]; collector's parents, recorded in Flixton; discussion of Christmas traditions, comparing past and present; cards and presents, decorations; a typical Christmas Day - food, tel...
Trailing for Bonfire Wood
1967
Copy of a photograph of a group of children, young and old, collecting (or trailing for) bonfire wood, Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Stone cottages, and the ruins of Bolton Castle are visible in the b...
Sound Recording, Nottinghamshire
Warren, Vivien P.
20 March 1966
Mothering Sunday service recorded in and outside Coddington Church, Coddington. Prayers; reference to the Mothering Sunday Revival movement, organised by Constance Penswick-Smith[pseudonym: real name ...
West Country Folklore Pamphlets
1969-1975
This file contains pamphlets from the 'West Country Folklore Series', edited by Theo Brown. The pamphlets in this file relate to the folklore of Dorset and Devon, although the series covers all counti...
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
18 Jul 1939
[Side 1] Jimmy and John discuss plans for Whit Monday outing, picnic of beer and sandwiches at 'Cuddy's Cove' [= St Cuthbert's Cave], express hopes of sighting black-headed gulls. [Side 2] Andrew, Les...
Dyed Egg
Calvert, Valerie E
[1961-1962]
Pasche egg decorated to resemble a figure wearing a crinoline, on a wooden board in a house in Workington (Cumbria).
Hornblower
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1964
Hornblower blowing a horn at Bainbridge ( Wensleydale). Bainbridge once served as a foresters' headquarters in the Wensleydale forest, a hunting district owned by the Lord of Middleham. The horn was b...