Survey of English Dialects recording in Kinlet, Shropshire
Description
[Side 1] William recalls 'thrashing' [= threshing] by hand, explains use of 'thrail' [= flail] and 'nile' [= striking part of flail], discusses harvesting by hand and comments younger generation no longer know how to cut sheaf, explains traditional method of building 'rick' [= haystack]. [Side 2] William explains how to thatch 'rick' [= haystack], incl. use of pegs and 'hay-bands' [= rope of twisted straw used to bind bundle of hay], discusses storage of grain and journey to flour-mill to grind wheat.
Metadata
| Identifier | c8t9t7tw |
| IRN | 726541 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D162 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/c8t9t7tw |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | Jan 1955 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 40 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 20 sec. |