Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Description
George Metcalfe of Middlesmoor talks about Dead Mans Hill and the legend of a couple who robbed and murdered people on the pack trail, and buried them in the peat moorland where the bodies are preserved; a witch and shapeshifting into a hare; Pateley Bridge church organist; funeral food (ham); the 1745 Rebellion and the sound of horses' hooves. Edward Stoney of Pateley Bridge relates a number of anecdotes. These concern a local preacher, a farmer cheated out of some hay, tar barrels used for Bonfire Night fire at Greenhow Hill; a man drinking paraffin. Reverend Garnett Jones relates anecdotes concerning coffins, a church organist, supernatural presences, funeral teas and a woman who had prepared her own funeral, including cooking the ham. George Rispin [GR] and Miss Brown talk about a man falling into a sugar barrel; Bouthwaite Hall; sheeps head broth; ?Toller's Gill; GR recites a poem about sugar and candy; talk of a black dog (ghost) and a boggart moving a picture. [Continues on tape LAVC/SRE/A244r]. 6 of 9.
Metadata
| Identifier | k8xxzr5q |
| IRN | 414292 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A243r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/k8xxzr5q |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Cook, Catherine |
| Date | [1970-1971] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 46' 08". |