Topping Out Ceremonies
This file contains items relating to topping-out ceremonies, a tradition in the building industry marking either the roofing-in of a building, or the ...
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
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Book VIII: Social Activities [Muker Response Book]
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities. The answers of informant James Cooper ...
Bridge at West End
Old stone bridge [?over West Beck] at West End (North Yorkshire). The bridge was probably built as a pack-horse bridge, and later broadened to accommo...
Sound Recording, Essex
Stacey George Dyer, recorded in Great Chesterford; talks about his grandfather and his work as a farm labourer; names for men mowing, depending on the...
Ropemaking: Twisting Cotton Threads
Strands of cotton warp, set out on a rope walk, being twisted into threads at the workshop of ropemaker, Mr. T. G. Outhwaite, Hawes ( Wensleydale). Mo...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their soulcake play in the Wheatsheaf pub, Antrobus, on 2 November 1974. [Tr. 2] Antrobus Soul-Cakers perform their sou...
Notes [Dolphinholme Response Book]
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect o...
Northumberland Response Books
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Northumberla...
Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Burley Response Book]
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather. The answers of informant A...
Notes [Hackney Response Book]
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality....