Survey of English Dialects recording in Crowland, Lincolnshire
Description
[Side 1] Bill talks about breeding pigs, recalls cycle of success and failure, incl. losing whole herd to 'purples' [= swine fever], encouraged son to keep pigs but sold yard and bought two acres outside villlage, describes bumper crop of 'tates' [= potatoes] and stresses importance of harrowing to maximise potato yield explaining how he once left two rows un-harrowed and yield was much poorer than rest of field. [Side 2] Bill talks at length about gowing potatoes, demonstrates how to remove 'chits' [= offshoots] and re-plant to increase crop.
Metadata
| Identifier | pgdqknvv |
| IRN | 726920 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D155 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/pgdqknvv |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 23 May 1953 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 05 min. 10 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 53 sec. |