Survey of English Dialects recording in Read, Lancashire
Description
[Side 1] Jim outlines typical year in sheep farming, incl. details of 'tupping' time [= mating time], use of 'raddle' [= red dye used to brand sheep], lambing time, 'provand' [= fodder], sale of fat lambs, hill grazing at 'backend' [= autumn], 'clipping' time [= shearing time] and selling wool in Clitheroe. [Side 2] Jim tells anecdote about April Fool's Day trick he played on local farmer.
Metadata
| Identifier | bm2hykmq |
| IRN | 726870 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D105 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bm2hykmq |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 05 Mar 1954 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 31 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 38 sec. |