Survey of English Dialects recording in Ansty, Dorset
Description
[Side 1] Jim recalls occasion when Ansty was snowed in for a week, remembers meeting baker to collect bread delivery and helping dig road out, reflects on rapid changes in village incl. increase of 'foreigners' [= incomers], talks about first jobs on farm incl. loading hay on waggons, comments father remembered cutting corn wth 'reap-hook' [= reaping hook], discusses harvesting by hand and building 'rick' [= stack of corn/hay] on 'staddle' [= raised platform on which stack is built to deter vermin]. [Side 2] Jim talks about catching badgers and foxes and selling skins, describes recent incident when fox attacked 'fowls' [= poultry], explains difference between badger occasionally killing poultry and devastation of fox attack, describes typical mole trap, recalls local farmers sharing threshing tackle, reflects on introduction of threshing machine and impact of agricultural contractors.
Metadata
| Identifier | tcjz5jbm |
| IRN | 726668 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D289 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/tcjz5jbm |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | Dec 1956 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 05 min. 09 sec., [Side 2] 05 min. 00 sec. |