Survey of English Dialects recording in Grimston, Norfolk

Description

[Side 1] Isaac compares merits of lurchers and greyhounds as gun-dog, explains how to set rat trap, discusses sheep farming, describes winter feed and recalls retrieving strays. [Side 2] Isaac talks about sheep farming, recalls long hours and regularly falling asleep on way home, discusses winter feeding and own expertise at grinding 'cake' [= mass of compressed cotton seed from which oil has been extracted used as animal feed], tells anecdote about master once finding him asleep at work, recalls sheep-dog who frequently retrieved lost sheep without need for instructon.

Metadata

Identifier dm68x3wf
IRN 726587
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D208
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/dm68x3wf
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Date 23 Mar 1957
Size and Medium [Side 1] 05 min. 01 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 05 sec.

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