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culture34
folklore34
home34
manners and customs30
community life22
social life and customs20
occupations19
holidays18
persons16
food15

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Crook, Rosemary4
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Green, Anthony E (1943-)3
Harris, Susan3
Pattison, Susan3
Gledhill, James2
Goulburn, David2
Peters, Adrian2
Whitfield, Jean2
Aldcroft, Linda1

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

15 Apr 1955

[Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for year...

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Questionnaire No.2, 1962 Correspondence (Extracted) Weatherlore

Whitfield, Jean

1962-1963

Individual responses to Jean Whitfield's request for help with her gardening folklore questionnaire, published in the journal 'Popular Gardening' and the newspapers the Yorkshire Evening Post and Newc...

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Traditional Threats

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1970-1972

This file contains items relating to Tony Green's research into traditional threats to children. The fieldwork is based on the responses of first and second year pupils from Roundhay School in Leeds, ...

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Traditional Methods of Threatening/Frightening Children

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1970

This file contains a paper on traditional threats, using information collected by Tony Green from groups of first- and second-year pupils at Roundhay School, Leeds, in March 1970. The pupils were aske...

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Gardening Questionnaire Correspondence

Whitfield, Jean

1962-1963

Letters sent to Jean Whitfield from newspapers, journals and magazine editors regarding her research, and from individuals responding to her requests for help posted through these channels. This relat...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Adrian Peters, recorded at home in Marston, talks about his 7-8 year involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers - link with wife's family and parts played [ David Goulburn contributes occasionally]; ag...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Copy of David Goulburn and Adrian Peters interviews, from tape LAVC/SRE/A307r.

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Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees

Schrut, Judith Lynne

23 January 1977

Margaret Postgate, Trevor Postgate and George Robinson (all of Thornaby) discuss domestic crafts - dressmaking, sewing, knitting, quilt-making, embroidery, enamelling, horticulture, bee-keeping. [Tr. ...

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

22 February 1980

Ceridwen Thomas offers recollections of her childhood in early twentieth century Treorchy - World War One, housework, gardening; also, childbirth; parental discipline; miners' strikes; Rhondda cake; S...

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

10 April 1980

May Jenkins (born Treorchy) talks about her family origins, childhood recollections of domestic routines - washing, describes fireplace and oven, order of washing, ironing, starch, order of hanging wa...

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Sound Recording, County Durham

Hargreaves, Lesley

December 1980

David Bennett and Olive Bennett, of Shotton Colliery, discuss foodways, domestic and occupational customs: Sunday dinner, Saturday mealtimes, Sunday tea, Christmas food, Easter food; food for special ...

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Sound Recordings, Cheshire

Pattison, Susan

[1975]

Jim Wright, recorded at home in Antrobus, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; roles played; first experience of play as a bedtime story told by father and grandfather; pig killi...

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