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Sheep Ear-Marks in the Traditional Economy: The Example of Mann. Together with Material Presented for a Comparative View of Ear-Marking in the British Isles and in Scandinavia

Miller, C S

1981

M.A. study on the use of marks to display the ownership of sheep (and their skins), and for identifying lost and trespassed animals, with particular reference to those used in the Isle of Man. The use...

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Children and Bonfire
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Children and Bonfire

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1965

Children climbing on a pile of wood and discarded furniture which has been built up into a bonfire (unlit at this point), on wasteland in Dewsbury (West Yorkshire).

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Children and Bonfire
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Children and Bonfire

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1965

Children climbing on a pile of wood and discarded furniture which has been built up into a bonfire (unlit at this point), on wasteland in Dewsbury (West Yorkshire).

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Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Horn Branding (Sheep)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight, in order to heat the metal brandi...

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Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Horn Branding (Sheep)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight, in order to heat the metal brandi...

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Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Horn Branding (Sheep)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight. Mr. Horner places the metal brand...

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Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Horn Branding (Sheep)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight. Mr. Horner places the metal brand...

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Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Horn Branding (Sheep)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden branding sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight in order to heat the metal branding implemen...

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Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Horn Branding (Sheep)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden branding sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). Mr. Horner stands inside the area into which the sheep have been penned, holds the head of a sheep against a wooden ...

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Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Horn Branding (Sheep)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden branding sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). Mr. Horner stands inside the area into which the sheep have been penned, holds the head of a sheep against a wooden ...

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Horn Branding (Sheep)
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Horn Branding (Sheep)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1965

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden branding sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). Mr. Horner stands inside the area into which the sheep have been penned, holds the head of a sheep against a wooden ...

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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...

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