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Four commonplace books, 1930-1944, compiled by Thomas Henry Booth Bedford
Bedford, Thomas Henry Booth (1898-1961)
1930-1944
Containing mainly notes on Yorkshire folklife, cookery (especially oatcake), and natural history. Vol.2 contains a letter from G.R. Lane Fox, 13 Jan 1931, and vol.3 contains letters from M. Clarkson, ...
Sound Recording, [Norway]
Calvert, Valerie E
1961
[Announcement: results of a questionnaire issued by the Norsk Ethnological Institute]; male discusses Easter food and eggs in Norway - relates findings of survey - customary practices, egg consumption...
Cockle Fishing at Leigh-on-Sea
Walker, Priscilla
1965
A dissertation on the cockle fishing industry of Leigh-on-Sea. The study comprises sections presenting a historical outline of the town and growth of the industry, the rise of the industry since 1840,...
Belief and Superstition in the Area of Runcorn and Widnes
Charlton, C A
1973
A study of traditional belief in Runcorn and Widnes, based on interviews with friends and relatives, letters to local newspapers, the circulation of a questionnaire amongst friends, relatives and acqu...
The Folk Lore of Wild Flowers in the Parish of Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Collected in the Summer of 1970
Hammond, Penelope Ruth
1970
A presentation of folklore associated with wild flowers, based on information gathered from people living in Leckhampton in Gloucestershire. Interviews were conducted with schoolchildren, middle-aged ...
Sound Recording,
Gebarowicz, Anita
December 1978
[Collector announcement, followed by gap in recording of c. 50 seconds]; collector's mother describes a typical Polish Christmas Eve - traditional food dishes for Christmas supper, decorating the tree...
Plant Lore
1961-1980
This file includes an ms. letter from Gillian Bulmer to Stewart Sanderson on names of apples (12 November 1975); a photocopy of Grace Pleasant Wellborn's paper on plantlore in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'T...
Sound Recordings, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston
Calvert, Valerie E
April 1961
Peggy Meek describes egg customs - conkering, displaying decorated eggs, egg rolling on Easter Monday, ingredients for decorating eggs [informant is Secretary of the Cumberland and Westmorland Benevol...
Sound Recordings, [Cambridgeshire]
Lyons, Margaret
Dec 1978
[Collector announcement]; collector's grandmother [ recorded in Cambridgeshire]; offers childhood recollections of Christmas in the 1910s/1920s - presents, food and drink, supper, singsongs, games (ch...
Sound Recordings, [Shropshire and Birmingham]
Carter, Julie
29 Dec 1978 - 4 Jan 1979
[Collector announcement - informant collector's grandmother]; Alice Payne 's recollections of Christmas in Shropshire - preparations, including collecting holly; presents; food (Christmas pudding, cak...
Sound Recordings, [Location Unknown]
Bell, Brigid M
28 December 1978
[Collector announcement: interviews with collector's parents and paternal grandmother]; Mary Bell talks about Christmas as a child in Ireland - food, no alcohol; Christmas as mother of collector's fat...
Sound Recordings, England
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1950s/1960s]
Compilation of extracts from field recordings made as part of the Survey of English Dialects. These extracts were copied from gramophone disc recordings, with announcements by Stanley Ellis . A spea...