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Total number of records: 144

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture73
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
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Fothergill, George William4
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
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"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"

Clinch, Angela Jane

1982

Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...

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Donkey Pack Saddle

Langhorne, Richard

[1970]

Front view of a donkey pack saddle from a collection at the Castle Museum, York.

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Donkey Pack Saddle
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Donkey Pack Saddle

Langhorne, Richard

[1970]

Side view of a donkey pack saddle from a collection at the Castle Museum, York.

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Microscopical researches into the accordance in the structure and growth of animals and plants

Schwann, Theodor (1810-1882); Smith, Henry (1823-1894); Schleiden, Matthias Jacob (1804-1881); Sydenham Society

1847

"Contributions to phytogenesis, translated from the German of Dr. M.J. Schleiden": p. [229]-268.

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Yorkshire Response List: Cowhouse
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Yorkshire Response List: Cowhouse

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular for...

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Yorkshire Response List: Mouse
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Yorkshire Response List: Mouse

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question IV.5.1, Mouse. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular form ...

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Mouse
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Mouse

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question IV.5.1, Mouse. The responses are listed in phonetic script.

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Mouse
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Mouse

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question IV.5.1, Mouse. The responses are marked on the actual map in phonetic script.

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Sandbach's dictionary of astonishing British animals

Sandbach, R G A; Carr, J L (1912-1994); Quince Tree Press

[ca. 1985?]

Cover title.

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