Survey of English Dialects recording in Scopwick, Lincolnshire
Description
[Side 1] Charles recalls father visiting neighbouring farmer and being shown 'gilt' [= young sow] and litter of piglets, neighbour convinced 'reckling' [= runt] unlikely to survive so Charles' father offered to buy it but neighbour wouldn't take any money, Charles' father took reckling home, kept it in 'hovel' [= shed] and Charles helped feed it from 'titty-bottle' [= baby's feeding bottle]. [Side 2] Charles recalls how pig would 'kall' [= call out, squeal] for food, explains once it had 'tushes' [ = tusks, teeth] it was able to eat 'force' [= gruel used to fatten animals] so father transferred it to pig-sty and it finally weighed 39 and a half stone when slaughtered at eighteen months.
Metadata
| Identifier | csstt6md |
| IRN | 726918 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D153 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/csstt6md |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 29 Sep 1952 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 05 min. 15 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 17 sec. |