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Sound Recordings, Kent
Ross-Glass, Ruth M
c.1975-1980
Recordings of children made at four Kent schools, and adults attending Further Education institutions and a Young Wives' Group. In each case, the informants discuss ten fairy tales, selected by the co...
An Investigation of Popular Belief in Luck, with Special Reference to the Whitby Lucky Ducks
Holliday, Jayne
1983
A study of student interpretations of luck, based on responses to a questionnaire compiled by the collector, and the physical embodiment of this belief in the form of small, glass lucky ducks made and...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Cook, Catherine
[1970-1971]
George Rispin and Miss Brown relate various anecdotes concerning unidentified noises, the Devil, Bouthwaite Hall, haunting at High Lofthouse, local preachers; also talk of a witch's chimney seat, glas...
Sound Recordings, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire
Lewis, Wendy Hilary
[1973-1974]
?Collector reads from W. A. Clouston's 'The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons, or, Fools and their Follies' (1888) - blason populaire associated with the town of Gotham, and the Fools/Men of Goth...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Latham-Thorpe, Jane Elizabeth
1976
Five adults (3 men, 2 women), recorded in Leeds, relate their versions of the same narratives: a shaggy-dog story, a contemporary legend concerning the building of the Rotunda in Birmingham, a local s...
A Study of the Foundation Legend of Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, and Related Motifs
Rosling, Jean
1983
M.A. dissertation which examines the foundation legend of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh ( 'Chronicon anglo-scoticum') and analogous miraculous stag/deerhunt/church founding legends. The Introduction inc...
"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"
Clinch, Angela Jane
1982
Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...
Fairies, Folklore, and Supernatural Animals
1963-1978
This file contains items relating to fairies, folklore and supernatural animals. This includes a photocopy of the introduction to an article on Robert Kirk's 'The Secret Common-wealth', from the 'Scot...
Dales Pony
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1966
Informant R. L. Peacock with thoroughbred modern Dales working pony, Scarhouse Farm, Muker ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card. Also mounted on the card is a newspaper cutting from the 'Northern ...
Dialect recording in Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
30 Mar 1939
[Side 1] Jack supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words. [Side 2] Samuel tells anecdote of local blacksmith at Castle Inn singing song 'Oh dear me I divvent knaw what tae dae'; conversation abou...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Latham-Thorpe, Jane Elizabeth
1976
Child and adult groups, recorded in Leeds. First session Children's Group: 5 schoolchildren relate their versions of the same (humorous, supernatural) narratives. Second session Children's Group: sa...