Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Description

John Swales [JS], recorded in Merryfield Glen, sings I've got a father in the better land [first line]; Poor ?Jeffrey's gone to rest[first line], and other song fragments, including 'See Amid the Winter Snow'; anecdote re. grandfather poaching hares in Merryfield, brother poaching at Fell Beck - both frightened by a supernatural presence; witch doctor at Ripon; disappearance of shepherd on Pateley Moor; murdered woman buried in Hebden Wood; grandfather seeing a ghost; sightings of missing shepherd at Four Lane Ends; female [? Mrs. Calvert, John Swales' sister] relates ghost dog story; reference to boggarts in relations' dairy; ghost sighting in house that sister now lives in; JS starts the story of Dead Mans Hill; sings 'Poor Married Man'; ?Mrs. Calvert recites the words to and sings ? 'Bolton Yard'; JS continues the story of Dead Mans Hill - Scottish peddlers buried on a hill in Nidderdale; anecdotes re. fishing and rabbit dealing as a child; ?Mrs. Calvert relates story of pregnant woman and husband fetching a doctor; recites a piece re. a person ?Sandy; talks of unlucky eggs in the henhouse - thrown over the shoulder to prevent bad luck; afterbirth put in thorn tree after horse has foaled; first milk (beastings) sent in unwashed jug, to bring luck to the recipient; bidding at funerals, funeral food, clothes, describes cortége, feast afterwards, women bearers for deceased women; John Swales relates story of disappearing shepherd; ?Mrs. Calvert reads from a book re. the disappearance of a peddler/draper (Poor Sandy). 5 of 9.

Metadata

Identifier dlgwscxz
IRN 414291
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A242r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/dlgwscxz
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Cook, Catherine
Date November 1970
Size and Medium 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 96' 05".

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