Survey of English Dialects recording in Nafferton, Yorkshire
Description
[Side 1] Cyril talks about local choir, recalls ploughing and showing horses all round country, explains traditional ploughing technique and terms incl. 'headland' [= strip of unploughed land at end of field ploughed at right angles last], 'rig' [= raised strip of land between each pair of furrows in ploughed field], 'gain' [= strip of land in non-symmetrical field ploughed separately], 'gee round' [= instruction to horse to turn left] and 'hauve round' [= instruction to horse to turn right]. [Side 2] Cyril compares ploughing now with tractor and ploughing with horses in past, describes how to 'lig down' [= intertwine branches of brushwood to form/repair hedge] hedge, stresses importance of tools, recalls pride at doing good job hedging or 'theaking' [= covering stack with straw].
Metadata
| Identifier | lvs8c8ng |
| IRN | 726892 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D127 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/lvs8c8ng |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 14 Apr 1955 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 29 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 55 sec. |