Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire
Description
[Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for years. [Side 2] (continued from side 1) John recalls sister living off money till she died, recalls local working-class women 'gleaning' [= gathering leftover corn], describes working conditions in domestic service in past, comments upper classes no longer able to maintain household 'kelter' [rubbish/nonsense, i.e. superfluous ornaments, china, silverware etc.].
Metadata
| Identifier | rptqs5pv |
| IRN | 726890 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D125 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/rptqs5pv |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 15 Apr 1955 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 45 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 12 sec. |