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animals72
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english language - dialects54
language and languages43
occupations21
community life18
agriculture17
food14
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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)62
Lenihan, J M A6
Kylstra, Henk E4
Tammivaara, Irmeli4
William3
Wright, John T3
Bell, Jim2
Claughton, Mr R. Mick2
Cloughton2
Crowe, Matthew2

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; George Green, recorded in Haddenham on the 28 July 1975. A second male is also present, who asks some questions and provides general information. Talk of a local tale teller;...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Etheldrida Thompson, recorded in Witchford on the 14 July 1975; gives biographical details; employment as a nurse housemaid in Cambridge; parlour maid in Peterborough; [colle...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Wally Hull, recorded at Little Downham on the 15 July 1975 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A672r]; talks about winter weather; skating and champion skaters; his work as a postm...

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The Language of the Meat Trade: A Survey of Terms Used by a Selected Sample of Butchers in the United Kingdom

Upton, Clive Stanley

1977

Ph.D. thesis containing seven chapters and three appendices, presenting the findings of an enquiry into the technical lexicon of the meat trade of the United Kingdom which was carried out between 1973...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; Christopher Haddock [ Albert Haddock's brother] and Elsie Haddock, recorded at Sutton Gault on the 22 July 1975; talk about wild mushrooms and mushroom picking; mushroom ketc...

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Winter and Spring Festivals

1965-1980

This file contains items relating to New Year, Valentine's Day and Shrove Tuesday customs. This includes a typed copy of a letter from Clare Elkin to Stewart Sanderson on the custom of painting New Ye...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

Mr. Dallyn of Halberton [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/689r] talks about his parents and grandparents; refers to a Club Walk and fair in ?; markets in Tiverton and Tiverton Junction. [Tr. 7] [Collect...

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Traditional Song: General

1963-1979

This file contains items relating to aspects of traditional music, and includes a copy of 'The Health of Man', a collection of traditional songs from Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Lancashire, c...

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Parish and Church

[1965-1975]

This subseries, comprising a single file only, includes Werner Kissling's ms. notes on the Foresters' Walk in Coverdale (connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters) and its byelaws; Margaret Ottley...

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SED Word Map: Udder
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SED Word Map: Udder

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question III.2.5, Udder, mapping responses Bag, Elder, Ewer, and Udder. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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SED Word Map: Newt
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SED Word Map: Newt

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question IV.9.8, Newt, mapping the response Ebbet, and the distribution of responses Evet, Ef(t) and Effet. The map was compiled by Harold Orto...

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SED Phonological Map: Rabbits
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SED Phonological Map: Rabbits

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question III.13.13, Rabbits, mapping R pronunciation. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and H. P. D., and is dated December 1966.

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