Dialect recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Description
[Side 1] Speaker explains he was one of eight children, tells anecdote about occasion he was left smallest bowl of porridge after collecting sticks and coal for fire, describes how he had earlier seen mouse in meal tub so he put mouse in porridge and made rest of family 'gip' [= to retch prior to vomiting] and leave table so he made himself fresh bowl of porridge. [Side 2] Speaker talks about farmer from Selby courting local woman, tells anecdote about same farmer's disapproval of speaker's use of stick to control difficult bull, recalls farmer trying to show him how to control bull and being chased across field in 'Sunday clothes' [= best clothes], provides local terms for parts of cowhouse incl. 'heck' [= hay-rack], 'boost' [= stall] and 'piggin' [= milk-pail]. Note: Recording date 1951-09 noted by ear, 1951-11-06 written on lacquer disc label.
Metadata
| Identifier | jqlbdt74 |
| IRN | 726692 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D314 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/jqlbdt74 |
| 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 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 03 min. 59 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 53 sec. |