Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Description
[Conclusion of interview with Mrs. Senior and Mrs. Woodhouse, recorded in Birdsedge, from tape LAVC/SRE/A083.] Explanation of ring game 'I Had a Pigeon in My Pocket' - Mrs. W. knew it as 'Lucy Locket Lost a Pocket'; talk of a chasing game (Wolf); both sing and explain 'Farmer's in his Den'; Mrs. W. cites the origins of 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush' - prisoners at Wakefield Prison, parading around a mulberry bush, used to sing it. [Tr. 3] The rest of this tape contains the conclusion of the interview with Mrs. Frith and her daughter, which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A079. Both discuss ball games; Mrs. Frith talks about games pre-television, crazes (e.g. tops); daughter recites the clapping game 'A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea'; talk of more counting-out rhymes, the skipping rhyme 'Wee Willy Winkie', the ball bouncing rhyme for 'One Two Three O' Laira'; Mrs. Frith talks about the village of Birdsedge, the community and the occupations of the villagers. [Tr. 5 - final 35 minutes] 8 of 9.
Metadata
| Identifier | p2y57rmh |
| IRN | 414134 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A084 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/p2y57rmh |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Cooke, Jane A |
| Date | [1979-1980] |
| Size and Medium | 1 audiocassette., Duration: 46' 43". |