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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...
F: Nature
1947-1981
This series contains items on subjects relating to the natural world, including folklore and terminology. The subject matter largely covers weatherlore, natural formations and the landscape, and plant...
Plants in Folklore
[1960s]
This file contains cuttings from the 'Plants in Folklore' series published in 'Amateur Gardening' (?in the 1960s). The series was written by A. J. Huxley and illustrated by G. R. Kingbourn, and each p...
Divination
1966-1967
This file contains items relating to aspects of divination, and includes photocopies of 19th century ms. horoscopes for Betty Snowden, Isaac Pearson, William Pearson and Elizabeth Pearson; a photocopy...
Fairy Cross Plain
Brunk, Wille
September 1967
View of Fairy Hill and Fairy Cross Plain (North Yorkshire). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0048 and LAVC/PHO/P0049. With ms notes and photograph details in the hand of Wille Brunk.
Questionnaire No.2, 1962 Correspondence (Extracted) Weatherlore
Whitfield, Jean
1962-1963
Individual responses to Jean Whitfield's request for help with her gardening folklore questionnaire, published in the journal 'Popular Gardening' and the newspapers the Yorkshire Evening Post and Newc...
Miscellaneous Folklore Papers
1964-1979
Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...
Weather Lore as Observed in Disley and Surrounding Districts
Bradbury, Valerie
1965
A study of weatherlore known to the inhabitants of Disley in Cheshire, based on fieldwork interviews, responses to a circular letter and a letter to the local press. The material collected, totalling ...
Weatherlore in Rothwell, West Riding
Firth, Pamela J
1967
A presentation of weather sayings and beliefs known to sixteen inhabitants of Rothwell in West Yorkshire, gathered by the collector during fieldwork interviews. Following an introductory section which...
Hazel, Willow and Elder - Three British Trees, Their Uses and Folklore, with Special Reference to the Survey of English Dialects
Millington, Denise
1972
A collection of quotations concerning the uses of, and folklore associated with, hazel, willow and elder trees, based on printed sources and references made to them by informants involved in the Surve...
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...