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Birth, Marriage and Death: Beliefs and Customs
Warren, Lynne D
1967
A study of beliefs and customs associated with birth, marriage and death, based on printed sources, the collector's own inheritance of belief and custom, interviews and correspondence with informants....
Symbolic and Magical Uses of Plants in Connection with Birth in Modern Greece
Papamichael, Anna J
1974
This Ph.D. thesis comprises an Introduction, and chapters on the symbolic and magic uses of plants in the procreation of children in Greece, the begetting of male offspring, the causing of sterility, ...
Five Aspects of Woman in North-West Galician Rural Society
Davenport, H
1975
M.A. thesis (School of Special Studies in Spanish) on certain roles of the woman within rural society in the north-west region of Galicia. Chapters cover the physical geographical and social condition...
The Rites of Passage of Baptism, Marriage and Death in Shotton Colliery
Hargreaves, Lesley
1982
A study of birth, marriage and death customs observed by the people of Shotton Colliery in the early part of the twentieth century, based on printed sources and recollections gathered by the collector...
Birth, Marriage, Death and Initiation Customs and Beliefs in the Central Sudan
Hamid, Sayed
1966
M.A. study of customs connected with the life cycle in central Sudan. The aim has been to put these in their proper social setting and to give them possible interpretations, whilst also attempting to ...
Occasional Poetry
[1970-1973]
This file contains ms. notes on verses written following the Lofthouse Colliery disaster and their authors; a printed copy of Ephraim Mugglestone's poem, 'The Tragedy of the Lofthouse Colliery Disaste...
Lowry's Town has Gone
Dixon, Beverley Anne
1980
A study of Salford, comprising six chapters. The introductory chapter includes quotations from the artist L. S. Lowry, and comments by others on his representation of people and place. The second chap...
"Eli Frankham: A Study of a Modern British Gypsy"
Williamson, Anne
1977
A study of Gypsy Traveller folklore, based on interviews with Eli Frankham, from the Gypsy Traveller community, living in Norfolk. Eight chapters present a brief history of the Gypsy Travellers, a bio...
Sound Recording, North Lincolnshire
Haldenby, Cynthia
October 1958
George Smith, recorded in South Ferriby; talks about his working life (hours, accidents, conditions), including thirty years in a brickyard, at Barton-upon-Humber cement works and in Hull; accidents a...
North-West Shropshire: Agricultural Custom and Belief
Burton, Julia Sarah
1974
A study of agricultural custom and belief in Shropshire, based on interviews with seven informants (including members of the collector's family), and information in local magazines and a mid-nineteent...
Jazz Bands of the North East of England
Bird, Elizabeth
1974
M.A. dissertation on the history and contemporary manifestation of marching bands in Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire. These bands comprise children aged 8-18, predominantly female, playing ...
Devils, Saints and Heroes: A Collection of Stories, Customs and Beliefs from Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes
Clark, Elizabeth S M
1969
A collection of some of the customs, beliefs and narratives from four Scottish islands, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae , Arran and Bute, gathered from printed sources and interviews with selected inhab...