Folklore Notes
Description
This file contains a photocopy of a manuscript and newspaper cuttings compiled by a Mr. Mason ca. 1870s-1880s, which forms a collection of folklore items. Although varied, there is a regional element to some of the material relating to the Greater Manchester area, in particular the area around Stockport. The subjects include pace-egging; song; superstitions; songs about Guy Fawkes; weatherlore; luck; placenames; rhymes; Youlgreave Church; the zodiac; games; calendar customs; songs and rhymes about Christmas and May Day; Denton Chapel; the Heaton Chapel area and St. Thomas' Church; life in Reddish and the Thompson family (including some ms. by Mrs. M. Thompson); and Furrys. These papers are accompanied by an ms. index compiled by one of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies archivists.
Metadata
| Identifier | cwmf6hcy |
| IRN | 410547 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/FLF/1/3/6 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cwmf6hcy |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Regional Social Histories |
| Creator(s) | Mason, Mr |
| Date | [1960s-1970s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 file of photocopied papers; 188 leaves. |