Survey of English Dialects recording in Outwell, Norfolk
Description
[Side 1] William explains how to 'rode' [= to dredge/clear out] 'dyke' [= ditch], lists tools used incl. 'hodding-spade' [= implement used to clear out dyke], and 'crome' [= hook/fork with prongs at right angle to shaft], describes method of 'jack-balling' [= passing mud/weeds etc. from spade to spade when dredging/clearing out dyke], recalls working on Forty Foot Drain. [Side 2] William comments fewer fish in dykes now than in past, recalls catching eels when dredging dykes and auctioning them among workers, discusses war service as 'lance-jack' [= lance corporal], lists places stationed incl. Cape Town, Durban, Bombay, Basra and Baghdad, tells anecdote about shaving moustache off and not being recognised by fellow soldiers.
Metadata
| Identifier | tbgyk2gb |
| IRN | 726590 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D211 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/tbgyk2gb |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 03 Apr 1957 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 09 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 30 sec. |