Survey of English Dialects recording in Stoke, Kent
Description
[Side 1] William talks about ploughing with horses, lists parts of plough incl. 'chip' [= ploughbeam, central longitudinal timber/iron beam/bar of plough] and 'reest' [= replaceable bed under mouldboard on plough], explains how to adjust plough, comments heavy Kent plough favoured locally, discusses sheep farming, explains Kent sheep more common locally than Down sheep due to clay soil. [Side 2] William talks about harvesting with scythe, discusses haymaking and building stack, recalls walking everywhere incl. taking livestock to Maidstone Fair, comments local stock markets now closed, explains how to thatch stack using 'yelms' [= bundles of straw] and 'splints' [= thatching pegs], recalls incident when Chilean ship was refused entry to Chatham and seeing SS Great Eastern on local salt marshes.
Metadata
| Identifier | kwz5jsyr |
| IRN | 726660 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D281 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/kwz5jsyr |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 27 Nov 1959 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 46 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 59 sec. |