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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...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
23 Apr 1970 - 30 Apr 1970
Frank Hinchliffe and Grace Walton recorded singing and talking at home in the Lodge Moor area of Sheffield. Discussion includes reference to a local legend, and the Sheffield Flood. Second recording c...
Sky and Weather
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains items relating to weatherlore, including an ms. paper compiled by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivist Margaret Jackson, containing weatherlore, with bibliog...
Popular Belief in Leicester
Edge, Christine
1965
A study of the folklore of people living in Leicester, based on interviews with friends, acquaintances and other informants, including residents of a local Old Peoples' Home. The study contains six ch...
Sound Recording, Cambridgeshire
Lyons, Margaret
17 August 1979
[Collector announcement: date, informant's name]; Arthur Randell, molecatcher (of Coldham, Cambridgeshire), describes the mole's physical appearance, diet and habitat; weatherlore - if the mole is bur...
Animals and Birds
1949-1981
This file contains items on folklore and terminology associated with animals and birds. This includes a photocopy of Tom Hey's article on Yorkshire names for wild birds, from the 'Dalesman', volume 40...
Student Folklore Dossiers
1971-1982
Student folklore dossiers, variously subtitled Scheme B - Folk Life 1: First Term Exercise, and Folk Life Exercise: First Term. Each compilation includes the student's biographical details, and items ...
Lore and Legend of the Western Fen Borderland
Toffler, Lenora Clare
1967
A study of the folklore of eleven informants living in villages to the north of Peterborough ( Crowland, Helpston, Whittlesey, Glinton and Maxey). The study comprises five chapters, with the first pre...
Sound Recording, East Riding of Yorkshire
Chamberlain, John S
July/August 1961
Mr. Jackson of Wetwang relates items of weatherlore; female informant relates sayings/beliefs regarding marriage and luck; discussion with Mr. Jackson regarding moonlore, weatherlore (animal behaviour...