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Total number of records: 225
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N: Sports, Games and Pastimes
1961-1976
This series contains items relating to amusements in the form of games, sports and pastimes. The subject matter includes sports and athletic games, traditional annual games, animal sports, and card an...
Village and Farm
1960-1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...
Calendar Days, Festivals, Etc.
1964-1979
This subseries contains items relating to local traditions and calendar customs. This includes a bibliography of calendar customs, items on local calendar celebrations, and papers by Alexandra Kannell...
Games and Pastimes
1959-1980
This subseries contains items relating to children's games and pastimes, and includes Catherine Wellsted's study of children's lore, language and games in Nottinghamshire; newspaper articles on playgr...
Trade
1964-1976
This subseries contains items relating to different aspects of trade. The subject matter largely includes trading and dealing, and fairs and markets. Alongside general items relating to trade, the sub...
Ceremonial Dance Traditions in the South-West Pennines and Rossendale
Buckland, Theresa Jill
1984
Ph.D. thesis in five parts. Part One provides a discussion of theory and method, and information on the socio-historical background to the area in which fieldwork was carried out. Part Two covers danc...
A Folkloristic Approach to Traditional Educational Processes in Igbo
Oduah, Gabriel Ikechukwu
1981
M.A. dissertation on aspects of the folk life of the Igbo people living in south-eastern Nigeria. The study is divided into three sections, the first containing chapters on the Igbo people (their geog...
Igbo Festivals: Some Aspects of Ritual Among the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria
Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu
1976
M.A. study in two sections. The first includes an introduction to the Igbo society of Eastern Nigeria, emphasising the Igbo economy, political organisations, belief system and other aspects of Igbo cu...
Corn Dollies
Gebarowicz, Anita
1980
A dissertation examining the craft of making corn dollies, and the folklore associated with them. Its sections provide information on regional names for corn dollies, the varieties of wheat used, song...
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 ...
Loughborough Market
Holt, Rachel A
1971
A study of Loughborough Market, comprising ten chapters and nine appendices. The chapters offer general comments on markets, the population of Leicestershire, descriptions of Loughborough Market from ...
The Puck Fair of Killorglin
Smith, Camilla
1982
A study of the Puck Fair, held in Killorglin, County Kerry, and based on fieldwork interviews undertaken in August and December 1981. The Introduction presents background information on the town, whil...