Survey of English Dialects recording in Himley, Staffordshire
Description
[Side 1] George tells anecdote about Earl of Dudley's gamekeeper, two friends bet Earl they could poach on his land without detection, gamekeeper unwittingly confronted them in act and beat them with stick, gamekeeper subsequently feared for his job but Earl paid him bonus. [Side 2] George discussses wages in past and price of beer and 'bacco' [= tobacco], tells anecdote about trick played after hanging in Gibbet Wood, friends in pub bet man to go and ask dead man hanging in tree how he was but sent friend to hide behind tree and frighten him, tells (incomplete) anecdote about farm workers mowing barley, drinking beer and poaching rabbits.
Metadata
| Identifier | c1j1pqqh |
| IRN | 726554 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D175 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/c1j1pqqh |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 05 Jan 1955 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 03 min. 58 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 32 sec. |