Survey of English Dialects recording in Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Description
[Side 1] John talks about farm horses, lists typical feed, comments on series of photographs showing horses at work, names parts of 'trace-harness' [= harness for horse pulling plough] incl. 'hames '[= each of two curved pieces of wood forming collar of draught horse] and 'crupper' [= leather strap buckled to back of saddle passing under horse's tail to prevent saddle from slipping forwards], names parts of 'shaft-harness' [= harness for horse pulling cart] incl. 'ridge-tree' [= chain from shaft to shaft over saddle] and 'wanty' [= band placed round horse’s belly to harness it to shafts of cart] and 'breeching' [= strong leather strap passing round breech of shaft-horse enabling it to push backwards]. [Side 2] John describes parts of farm-cart, identifies series of farm implements from photographs incl. 'drag' [= muck-fork], reflects on relationship between man and horse.
Metadata
| Identifier | gtpjpfck |
| IRN | 726635 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D256 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/gtpjpfck |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 28 Apr 1952 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 13 sec., [Side 2]02 min. 53 sec. |