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Striking a Bargain (France)

Spiegel, Ted

1972

Male buyer and seller striking a bargain over cattle [?in Vrigny (Orne, Normandy)]. The hand gesture used to seal the bargain is known in Normandy as Tape le Main, or Taper les Mains. Mounted on Photo...

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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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Trade - General

1964-1976

This file contains items relating to aspects of trading, including a typed paper by Ted Spiegel on Handslag, or striking a bargain, by farmers ([2] leaves); a typed extract listing bad luck beliefs in...

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