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Total number of records: 160

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manners and customs160
social life and customs160
culture148
folklore115
play91
material culture70
community life61
holidays45
english language - dialects42
occupations41

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Pickering, Michael J8
Cook, Catherine4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Higgs, Judith3
Russell, Ian3
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)3
Wilson, David L3
Calvert, Valerie E2
Carter, Julie2
Mckelvie, Donald2

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From 1900156
From 20002

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Up to latest3

Archive File

Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

1836-1985

The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...

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Autograph Albums 1900-1935: A Classified Collection

O'Brien, Kathleen Celia

1978

A study of autograph albums, based on responses to appeals for information made by the collector in three Yorkshire newspapers. This yielded letters from over 170 people, and the loaning of more than ...

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The Folklife of South Warwickshire: A Field Collection with Comparative Annotations and Commentary

Wharton, Colin S

1974

This Ph.D. thesis is divided into three parts. The first (Introduction) defines the word folklore, describes the purpose of the work and the method of approach. The second (The Folklore of South Warwi...

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A General Survey of the Folklore Collected in the Area Between and Including Lichfield and Walsall

Higgs, Judith

1973

A descriptive study (contemporary rather than historical) of the folklore of South Staffordshire, in the area between Lichfield and Walsall, based on folklore collected through a newspaper survey and ...

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Devils, Saints and Heroes: A Collection of Stories, Customs and Beliefs from Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes

Clark, Elizabeth S M

1969

A collection of some of the customs, beliefs and narratives from four Scottish islands, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae , Arran and Bute, gathered from printed sources and interviews with selected inhab...

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Village Song and Culture: A Study Based on the Blunt Collection of Song from Adderbury, North Oxfordshire

Pickering, Michael J

1981

This file contains a complete photocopy of a typed draft, with ms. corrections, of Pickering's study of the folk songs of Adderbury, as published by Croom Helm , 1982, [viii], 281 leaves. The book was...

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Folklore of Worsley: A Miscellaneous Collection of Tradition and Belief From the Area of Worsley, Salford Metropolitan District

Skinner, Margaret

1975

A study of the folklore of Worsley people, based on oral and printed sources. Interviews were conducted with older residents, and children at a Primary School in Walkden. The study contains a sectio...

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A Study of Graffiti

Krechowiecka, Irene

1977

A study of the graffiti collected from the men's and women's toilets in the University of Leeds Students Union (and seven examples from a company manufacturing printing plates in Leeds). The collectio...

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Loose Photographs

[1962-1984]

A collection of unmounted photographs covering a range of subject areas. They include photographs taken by students, general fieldwork photography, and a number of the images relating to the Survey of...

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Yorkshire Response List: Poker
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Yorkshire Response List: Poker

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Typed list of responses collected in Yorkshire localities to SED question V.3.6, Poker. The information is largely based on recordings collected by Peter Wright. The list is arranged in tabular form w...

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LAVC, IDFLS and Dialect and Heritage (Interviews)

2022 - 2023

Oral histories recorded with interviewees who had associations to the LAVC Collection, Survey of English Dialects, Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies or the later Dialect and Heritage Project.

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Poker
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Poker

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question V.3.6, Poker. The responses mapped include Poker, Porre, Fire Point, Potter and Poit.

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