Survey of English Dialects recording in Lowick, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Robert recalls schooldays in nearby Duddo, tells anecdote about old groom giving children lift to school, new groom refused so one day Robert and friends pelted his trap with stones, brief description of father's work as 'byreman' [= cowman] and pigman. [Side 2] Detailed description of slaughtering pig, feeding pig up, herd fixing day for slaughter, sticking pig with 'gully' [= knife], scalding, skinning, scraping, removing insides, preparing 'flake' [= flitch], women making potted meat.
Metadata
| Identifier | rtkx4s5x |
| IRN | 726841 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D076 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/rtkx4s5x |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 14 Feb 1953 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 03 min. 58 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 10 sec. |