Survey of English Dialects recording in Swettenham, Cheshire
Description
[Side 1] Wilf tells anecdote about stonemason visiting mill and breaking chisel trying to carve initials in millstone, recalls millstream flooding in 1954, describes difference between milling oats and corn. [Side 2] Wilf describes mechanism of millstone and names components, incl. 'damsel' [= projection on spindle of millstone], 'cock-head' [= top section of spindle which bears uppermost millstone] and 'leat' [= open watercourse to conduct water to mill], explains how to control speed of stones and flow of water.
Metadata
| Identifier | np2wynvn |
| IRN | 726905 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D140 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/np2wynvn |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | Oct 1957 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 05 min. 11 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 31 sec. |