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culture6
english language - dialects6
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folk music5
community life4
literature and folklore4
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Russell, Ian2
Allen, Harold1
Bingham, Mark1
Clem, Harold1
Green, Anthony E (1943-)1
Hardy, Andrew1
Kay, Jack1
Marples, Ronnie1
Mcdavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)1
Moorhouse, Vic1

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire

Russell, Ian

19 Mar 1970 - 13 Oct 1970

Ronnie Marples sings the 'Derby Tup', and discusses the words of the song. Recorded at Marsh Lane, 19 March 1970. [Tr. 4] Harold Allen sings a mining parody of 'We Plough the Fields and Scatter'. Re...

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Raven McDavid Articles

McDavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)

[1960-1981]

Originally housed in a single folder labelled Complete Set of Xeroxes of Raven McDavid's Articles, these files contain photocopies of printed, typed and draft articles and papers by McDavid, mainly re...

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Jokes, Rhymes and Language

1969-1979

This file includes a mounted newspaper article from the 'Yorkshire Post'(19 November 1979), on children's jokes and Sandra McCosh's fieldwork collecting jokes from schoolchildren in Leeds for her M.A....

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Folk Song: General

1959-1981

This file contains typed song texts for 'Ah'm an O'wd Age Penshoner' (provenance unknown); a photocopy of the text and tune for 'Charley of Armor', collected from Captain Shields by Geoff Wood, from a...

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Sound Recording, Derbyshire

Russell, Ian

14 March 1970

Jack Kay, Harold Allen , Clem, two unidentified contributors and the pub landlord singing at the Butcher's Arms pub, Marsh Lane. Includes fragments from the Old Horse play, parodies, a toast and recit...

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Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1964-1966

Unedited Field Master tape. Male sings [4 unidentified, one a fragment]. [Tr. 6] Female sings [2 unidentified]. [Tr. 7] Singers [?recorded in a pub]. Male sings 'Don't Go Down the Mine Dad' [par...

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