Sound Recordings, Cornwall
Description
[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; discussion of left-handedness and the term ?clecky-handed [wife also contributes]; family farming; farm work with horses at the age of fourteen; farm size, acreage ploughed, beef cattle; butter and (cheddar) cheese making; the village population; local estate farms and cottages (many now sold off); thoughts on tenant farming [wife contributes]; farming methods and changes in the last ten to fifteen years; ploughing an acre a day with horses; corn cutting machinery; binding sheaves by hand; compares bullock prices; price of corn (per hundredweight); pig killing; price of wool per pound; lambing; the local weather. [Tr. 2] [Cassette copy on tape LAVC/SRE/A873.] [Collector announcement]; William Willey, recorded in Mullion on the 30 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; includes talk of beekeeping. [Tr. 3] [Cassette copy on tape LAVC/SRE/A874.]
Metadata
| Identifier | bntwcgxc |
| IRN | 414861 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A810r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bntwcgxc |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley, Wakelin, Martyn F |
| Date | March 1963 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 44' 37". |