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Cottingley Fairies
1967-1977
This file contains items relating to the Cottingley Fairy photographs, and includes a photocopy of an article from the 'Times' (3 March 1921); a photocopy of a page from Harry Houdini's 'A Magician Am...
Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
1975
Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common on the 27 June 1975; sings 'The Boy Truly Regrets'; [gap]; 'I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now (Because I Love You)'; [ 'Fiddler's Green']; 'Flanagan's Band...
Pagan and Christian Mythology
1955-1976
This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...
West Country Folklore Pamphlets
1969-1975
This file contains pamphlets from the 'West Country Folklore Series', edited by Theo Brown. The pamphlets in this file relate to the folklore of Dorset and Devon, although the series covers all counti...
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1961-1976
Correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents relating to dialect and folklife, covering the period January 1961-February 1963, November 1971, and June-August 1975. This includes...
Historical Events
1969-1975
This file contains Theo Brown's pamphlet, 'Trojans in the West Country' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1970), 16 pp.; L. V. Grinsell's pamphlet on the folklore of Stanton Drew (St. Peter Port: Toucan ...
Essex Witchcraft - A Review
Mahoney, Kathryn C
1973
A study of witchcraft in Essex, comprising five chapters. The first concerns origins, and looks at possible beginnings of the witch cult, with a discussion of the social climate of the time when the w...
Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
[1975]
Compilation of field recordings (copy extracts) made by Tony Green and others (including students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies), and possibly used by him in a session, Interviewin...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan
[1975]
Copy of David Goulburn and Adrian Peters interviews, from tape LAVC/SRE/A307r.
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
18 Sep 1952
[Side 1] Fred tells anecdote about journey with grandfather to Newbiggin and Newcastle, remembers sitting on back of bus to avoid embarrassment as grandfather had habit of striking up conversation wit...
The Fowler Manuscript
Fowler, Wilelmine M E
[1960s-1970s]
Bound photocopy of Wilelmine Fowler's manuscript, 'Yorkshire Sayings and Superstitions Collected in the Neighbourhood of Wakefield' ( ca. 1890s). Fowler intended the manuscript for publication in the ...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan
[1975]
Jim Wright, recorded at home in Antrobus, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; roles played; first experience of play as a bedtime story told by father and grandfather; pig killi...