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animals61
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)13
Horner, Mr M.12
Tammivaara, Irmeli12
Dunn, Ginette10
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)9
Pasanen, Leena5
Sullivan, Keith Frederick5
Panheinen, Ossi4
Shaw, David H4
Wright, John T4

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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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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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Survey of English Dialects recording in Hunsonby, Cumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Jan 1954

[Side 1] Albert talks about his schooldays, describes eccentric schoolmaster 'caving' about [= dancing awkwardly] betwen desks talking to himself, eventually could not cope singlehandedly with 85 chil...

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Farmworker in Sunday Best

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of farmworker, Mr. Masterman, in his Sunday best, standing in the living room of a house in Thorngumbald (East Riding of Yorkshire). His best cloth...

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Ayton Past and Present

Dickinson, Margaret E

1974

A study of the folklore and folk life of Ayton in North Yorkshire, comprising sections which cover buildings and places of interest, masons' marks, occupations, local characters, an orange wine recipe...

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