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Folklorists: Biography and Obituaries
1974-1980
This file comprises items containing biographical information on individual folklorists. It includes a black and white photograph, mounted on a specially-printed card, of Professor Jan Brunvand (Depar...
Folk Tales in Edo as a Reflection of Culture
Emovon, Joshua A
1976
M.A. dissertation comprising an Introduction, five chapters and sample texts of Edo folktales. The Introduction discusses the name Edo (referring to the people who inhabit Benin City, Benin East and B...
Nursery Rhymes
1969-1982
This file contains mounted magazine cuttings from 'Country Life' on nursery rhymes and their origins (May 1969); a mounted newspaper cutting from the 'Times' (8 February 1982) with an obituary of Pete...
Folk Life Bibliographies
University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies
[1960-1979]
This file includes a number of typed bibliographies, most of which relate to the teaching of Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). An introductory bibliography, ...
The Calvert Manuscript
Calvert, George
[1960s-1970s]
Photocopy of a manuscript compiled by George Calvert of Kirkby Moorside, and completed by his son, Alfred Calvert, for Sir Martin Stapleton. The original manuscript (dated 1823) consists of a collecti...
I: Popular Belief and Practice
1966-1981
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of popular belief and practice. This includes items on popular beliefs and superstitions; a paper on superstitions in Imo State, Nigeria; the script o...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Cook, Catherine
[1970-1971]
Compilation of several field recordings. Male and female informants talk about practical jokes, local ministers and preachers, recite dialect poetry, coffins carried on sledges over snow, anecdotes co...
Topping Out Ceremonies
1951-1974
This file contains items relating to topping-out ceremonies, a tradition in the building industry marking either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in the construction of a building. ...
P: Children's Traditions
1954-1982
This series contains items relating to children's customs and traditions. The main focus is on children's games, songs and rhymes.
A Study of Graffiti
Krechowiecka, Irene
1977
A study of the graffiti collected from the men's and women's toilets in the University of Leeds Students Union (and seven examples from a company manufacturing printing plates in Leeds). The collectio...
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...
Spring and Summer Festivals
1963-1981
This file includes a colour section from the West Yorkshire Road Car Company calendar for 1963 on well-dressing in Tissington, Derbyshire, on Ascension Day; a section of a colour poster on the May Day...