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Total number of records: 62

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Archives55
Books and printed items7

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture55
Cookery Collection2

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manners and customs62
cooking57
food56
community life45
culture43
social life and customs40
holidays38
nature26
home24
occupations24

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France4
England1
Europe1
Gascony (France)1
Great Britain1
Italy1
La Rochelle (France)1
Pennine Chain (England)1
Provence (France)1
Toscane (Italie)1

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Calvert, Valerie E6
Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015)4
Tammivaara, Irmeli4
Crook, Rosemary3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)3
Bell, Brigid M2
Bell, Mary2
Bell, Robert2
Bell, Sheila2

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Feasts of Provence

Carrier, Robert (1923-2006); Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015); Mellor, Barbara

1992

Includes index.

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Memories of Gascony

Koffmann, Pierre; Shaw, Timothy

1990

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The cooking of provincial France (v.1-2)

Fisher, M F K (1908-1992); Time-Life Books

[1970]

Authorised British edition. Original English language edition published in the United States, 1969. Discusses the cuisine of the provinces of France and provides many traditional recipes from these ...

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Traditional food east and west of the Pennines

Brears, Peter C D; Wilson, C Anne; Hunter, Lynette; Pollard Helen; Stead, Jennifer

1994

"First published in 1991 by Edinburgh University Press"--Title page verso. "Based on papers from The Third Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions, April 1988, with additional chapters. This i...

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Giuliano Bugialli's foods of Tuscany

Bugialli, Giuliano; Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015); Dominis, John

[1992]

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52 menus du dimanche : Serge de La Rochelle : votre cuisine au fil des saisons

Coulon, Serge; Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015)

[1980]

Includes index.

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Culinaria : European specialties

Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015); Römer, Joachim; Ditter, Michael; Westphal, Christine

[2005]

Includes index. Translated from the German.

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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...

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A Study of Yorkshire Parkin and Gingerbread

Marsh, Patricia

1971

A dissertation comprising four chapters. The first outlines the Yorkshire housekeeping tradition, especially as related to parkin and gingerbread, and includes recipes for wines and punches suitable f...

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Dyed Egg
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Dyed Egg

Calvert, Valerie E

[1961-1962]

Pasche egg decorated to resemble a figure wearing a crinoline, on a wooden board in a house in Workington (Cumbria).

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Christmas Traditions: Student Survey, 1968-1969

1968-1969

This file contains papers produced by students for the undergraduate degree in Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The papers are the result of a survey exerci...

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Sound Recording, [Location Unknown]

Bell, Brigid M

24 December 1978

[Collector announcement]; collector's family recorded in conversation whilst eating Christmas Eve supper; discussion covers the food served, Prince Charles' potential bride, Monaco royal family; Luxem...

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