Dialect recording in Kettlewell, Yorkshire

Description

[Side 1] Fred talks about different types of 'drag' [= muck-fork] used locally, discusses use of muck, recalls intinerant labour, briefly discusses step dancing. [Side 2] Fred talks about popularity of step dances in past, recalls music played, remembers dancing till 6am then 'ganning' [= going] straight to milking, discusses distances walked to attend social events.

Metadata

Identifier blr5nrsh
IRN 726724
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D352
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/blr5nrsh
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Date 29 Apr 1951
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 12 sec., [Side 2] 02 min. 46 sec.

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