Survey of English Dialects recording in Lowick, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] Robert talks about keeping pigs, describes killing pig with axe, explains process of 'scadding' [= scalding], hanging and curing meat. [Side 2] Robert recalls schooldays in nearby Duddo, tells anecdote about old groom giving children lifts to school, new groom refused so one day Robert and friends pelted his trap with stones; conversation with unnamed 19 year-old female speaker about work and hopes for marriage to local farm worker, brief discussion with young 'herd' [= shepherd].
Metadata
| Identifier | t5zs9bz6 |
| IRN | 726840 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D075 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/t5zs9bz6 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 13 Jan 1952 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 03 min. 22 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 43 sec. |