Survey of English Dialects recording in Shipdham, Norfolk
Description
[Side 1] Isaac talks about shepherd from Yarmouth who committed suicide after being caught stealing 'hand-hammer' [= blacksmith's hammer], recalls joining search party to look for body, eventually retrieved body from pit of water using 'creeper' [= grapnel used for dragging bottom of sea/body of water]. [Side 2] Isaac recalls recently bought horse collapsing on muck-heap, describes in detail attempts to get horse back upright, explains horse had broken shoulder, stresses importance of making sure to 'throsh' [= to thresh] at right time of year.
Metadata
| Identifier | g7l17gyq |
| IRN | 726592 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D213 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/g7l17gyq |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 10 Mar 1957 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 05 min. 14 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 07 sec. |