Dialect recording in Digby, Lincolnshire
Description
[Side 1] Bertie explains how to build stack to ensure rainwater runs off, explains use of 'welts' [= overlapping sections of straw] and 'band' [= binder twine] and stresses importance of position of 'thack pegs' [= thatching pegs], briefly describes making straw rope by hand. [Side 2] Bertie talks about custom of families keeping pig in past, explains pigsty commonly built close to house, compares cost of keeping pig now and in past, describes stuffed 'chine' [= backbone and immediately adjoining flesh of bacon-pig] traditionally eaten at 'Digby Feast' [= annual village festival]. Continued from 1LL0015044 S2; continued at 1LL0015046 S1.
Metadata
| Identifier | gqz1w513 |
| IRN | 726710 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D338 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/gqz1w513 |
| 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] 03 min. 48 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 39 sec. |