Search Special Collections
Results
Total number of records: 13
Top 10: Subject
Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
May 1956
[Side 1] Bill talks about cutting and 'pleaching' [= repairing] hedges, lists different bushes and explains hedging techniques, describes farm work incl. working with horses and cattle, ditching, 'tha...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Llanellen, Monmouthshire
09 Dec 1955
[Side 1] Bill talks about badger baiting, describes typical layout of 'earth' [= badger's den], comments foxes often take over 'berry' [= rabbit burrow] or earth but smell of fox usually forces badger...
Swaledale from Maiden Castle
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
23 March 1964
View across Swaledale from the earth wall at Maiden Castle ( Harkerside Moor). Earthwork visible. Strip lynchets near Reeth visible in background. Mounted on Photo File card.
West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 5
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 5: Church, Churchyard. Includes questions VIII.5.8 Earth - VIII.5.14 Cross.
Ropemaking Wheel
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Wheel used for making rope, Peak Cavern, Castleton (Derbyshire). The wheel is over 300 years old. It is attached to a post fixed into the earth, and consists of three hooks on cog wheels turned by a l...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Bedale, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
10 Oct 1952
[Side 1] Jim tells anecdote about local man who saw balloon in 'midden' [= pit below earth closet] after visit to toilet, explains man had never seen balloon before so assumed he must have passed it s...
Farm Courtyard
March 1965
Timber buildings around an old farm courtyard at the Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Folk Museum) in Bygdøy, Oslo. The buildings are typical of Setesdal . According to a note in the slide index, the f...
The Antrobus Soul-Caking Play
Pattison, Susan
1975
M.A. study of the Antrobus soulcaking play, customarily performed at Hallowe'en and during the first two weeks of November each year. The study is presented against a background of earlier scholarly i...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Brooks, Margaret
17 February 1973
George Roberts, dry stone waller, interviewed in Cawthorne with T. Frank Matthewman (Chairman of Cawthorne Parish Council). GR explains dry stone wall construction techniques; source of stone; tools; ...
Sound Recording
British Broadcasting Corporation
[1960s/1970s]
George Ewart Evans presents a radio programme entitled 'Horsepower and Magic' [BBC Home Service 1964-09-17 20:30], which includes horsemen from East Anglia and Scotland talking about the folklore and ...
Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire
Tammivaara, Irmeli
July 1974
[Collector announcement]; Allan Pate, recorded in Witcham on the 11 July 1974 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A670r]; talks about Witcham Feast Week in November; local stories/beliefs associated with wi...
Lists of Forms
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s]
This file contains papers which record the different word forms collected at different locations, and in different counties, on a single sheet or set of sheets. The recordings all appear to have been ...