Dialect recording in Digby, Lincolnshire
Description
[Side 1] John describes typical day as ploughman, generally fed horses from four till six o'clock in morning then yoked horse to plough with 'traits' [= pair of ropes/chains/straps by which collar of draught horse is fastened to swingletree] on 'heel-tree' [= swingletree, I.E. crossbar to which trace-horse is fastened], describes method of ploughing explaining local terminology, incl. 'rig' [= raised strip of land between each pair of furrows in ploughed field], 'hauve again' [= turn to left], 'gee round' [= turn to right], 'balk' [= last furrow in ploughed field] and 'headland' [= strip of unploughed land at end of field ploughed at right angles last], after 'close' [= field] finished horses were stabled and 'muck' [= dung, manure] cleaned out into 'crew yard' [= yard where cattle kept in winter] and carted on to field.
Metadata
| Identifier | cy8rw5lx |
| IRN | 726713 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D341 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cy8rw5lx |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 01 Jul 1951 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 27 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 13 sec. |