Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire

Description

[Side 1] Haigh and Herbert discuss recipe for 'parkin' [= type of gingerbread cake], stir ingredients into 'flod' [= mixture of oatmeal and treacle] and bake in oven, different temperatures produce burnt or doughy versions according to preference, discuss alternative recipes incl. 'moggin' [= parkin made with yeast] and 'crackling' [small cake made with left-over flod and extra meal], brief conversation about Haigh's father having to 'piecen' [= rejoin broken threads in spinning mill] from age of six and eating only porridge made from meal, water and treacle despite long hours. [Side 2] George and Mr Hinchliffe in conversation about dog trials, explain system of point deduction and importance of recognising whistles, brief discussion of pig-keeping and cost of corn.

Metadata

Identifier fjfrgb2m
IRN 726690
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/2/D311
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/fjfrgb2m
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
Creator(s) Dyson, B Ronald
Date Sep 1951-Sep 1952
Size and Medium [Side 1] 04 min. 16 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 17 sec.

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