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Total number of records: 14

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture10
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rites and ceremonies14
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Lower Austria (Austria)1
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Engelbrecht, Christian2
Engelbrecht, Christian (1672-1735)2
Hackhofer, Johann Cyriak2
Hackhofer, Johann Cyriak (1675-1731)2
Pfeffel, Johann Andreas2
Pfeffel, Johann Andreas (1674-1748)2
Adcock, Mr1
Andrews, William (1848-1908)1
Beduzzi, Antonio Maria Nicolao1
Bulich, Ludwig Von1

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Hierurgia Anglicana : or documents and extracts illustrative of the ritual of the church in England after the Reformation

Ecclesiological Society

1848

Appeared later as v. 1, 3, 5 of The library of liturgiology & ecclesiology for English readers.

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Erb-Huldigung, so dem aller- durchleüchtigist- grossmächtigist und unüberwindlichsten Römischen Käyser : auch zu Hungarn und Böheimb König, K.K., als Ertz-Hertzogen zu Oesterreich Josepho dem Ersten, von denen gesambten Nider-Oesterreichischen Ständen... und denen von Wienn ... auff den 22. dess Monats Septembris, Anno 1705 angesetzten Tag abgelegt

Bülich, Ludwig von; Steinl, Matthias (1644-1727); Pfeffel, Johann Andreas (1674-1748); Engelbrecht, Christian (1672-1735); Hackhofer, Johann Cyriak (1675-1731)

[1705]

Illustrations: five single plates, one large folded plate and five double plates, comprising the frontispiece and eleven plates numbered in Roman numerals. The frontispiece showing Joseph enthroned in...

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Staithes

Day, Angela M

1967

A study of Staithes in North Yorkshire, in two sections. The first considers the community, and contains an introduction to the village and its history, and sections on the social pattern (dress, educ...

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Spring Custom in a North-Western Town: March to June in Salford

Edwards, Janet E

1967

A description of Spring calendar customs observed in Salford, Greater Manchester.

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Domestic Life in Rural Suffolk

Niccolls, Sharon

1982

A dissertation which analyses continuity and change in domestic customs and traditions in rural Suffolk, in the fifty years to 1982. The first of four chapters focusses on the housewife, and contains ...

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Well Dressing in Derbyshire: The Tideswell Tradition

McCall, Margaret R

1976

M.A. dissertation on the custom of welldressing, with particular reference to the Derbyshire village of Tideswell. Its chapters deal in turn with Tideswell and its welldressing team, the welldressing ...

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The Rites of Passage of Baptism, Marriage and Death in Shotton Colliery

Hargreaves, Lesley

1982

A study of birth, marriage and death customs observed by the people of Shotton Colliery in the early part of the twentieth century, based on printed sources and recollections gathered by the collector...

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The Shrimping Industry in the Southport Area of Lancashire

Stringfellow, Jonathan

1966

A study of the local shrimping industry to the north and south of Southport, based on fieldwork carried out during the months of April, August and September 1965. The study's sections present an intro...

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Jack-in-the-Green

Judge, Roy (1929-2002)

1975

M.A. study in four sections. The first offers a definition of the Jack-in-the-Green, whilst the second examines the historical context that lay behind the early use of the term around 1800, and consid...

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Beschreibung was auf Ableiben weyland Ihrer Keyserl Majestät Josephi, biss nach vorgegangener Erb-Huldigung, welche dem allerdurchleuchtigst- grossmächtigst- und unüberwindlichsten Römischen Keyser, Carolo dem Sechsten... als Erz-Herzogen zu Oesterreich, die gesamte nider-oesterreichische Stände den 8. Novembris A: 1712. jn allertieffester Unterthänigkeit abgelegt, sich Merkwürdiges hat zugetragen

Mairn, Johann Baptist von (fl. 1712); Hackhofer, Johann Cyriak (1675-1731); Engelbrecht, Christian (1672-1735); Pfeffel, Johann Andreas (1674-1748); Kenckel, Benjamin; Beduzzi, Antonio Maria Nicolao

[1712]

Illustrations: five single plates, including the frontispiece, one large folded plate and six double plates. The frontispiece is engraved by Benjamin Kenckel after Antonio Beduzzi. The other plates ar...

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Sound Recordings, Warwickshire

Wharton, Colin S

1967-1968

Jack Bury, recorded in Winderton; talks about harvesting methods - fagging, tying sheaves and leaving to stand for three bells (i.e. three Sundays); discusses a ?sheppick (hay fork); labour force on t...

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