Survey of English Dialects recording in Gosforth, Cumberland
Description
[Side 1] Ernest talks about traditional farm practice, explains different types of waggon, discusses stacks, sheep dipping and ploughing. [Side 2] Ernest recalls visit to local shoemaker and explains different types of shoes, identifies variety of farm vehicles and sheep-shearing techniques from photographs presented to him, mentions several local terms, incl. 'shelvings' [= detachable boards fixed to cart to increase load capacity], 'felly' [= section of wooden rim on cartwheel], 'stang' [= cart-shaft], 'keck-bar' [= adjustable lever to allow cart to tip] and 'coppy' [= low stool].
Metadata
| Identifier | t9wfrf2w |
| IRN | 726857 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D092 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/t9wfrf2w |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 26 Aug 1954 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 02 min. 43 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 58 sec. |