Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Description
Recordings made in Middlesmoor. Male informant tells the story of George Sunter selling two dogs at Richmond market; male informant tells the story of the horse Stockton Maggie; the Devil appearing to Jack Bell; male informant relates an anecdote concerning an American farmer visiting the Dales. [Recorded in a pub. All but the last story are copies of recordings on tape LAVC/SRE/A239r.] [Tr. 3] George Metcalfe relates the story of farmers at ?Hayden Carr, and their dogs chasing an old woman/hare; the wise woman of ?Roscar and the missing sovereign; haunting of a house by a nun/nurse in High Lofthouse; anecdote re. a telephone; the Relief of Mafeking and the announcement at Middlesmoor. [Tr. 4] Male informant relates stories concerning buying/selling pigs and horses; a farmer buying back his own horse; a man who overslept; a visit to the Royal Show at Harrogate. [Tr. 5] 8 of 9.
Metadata
| Identifier | vdw4pn7p |
| IRN | 414294 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A245r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vdw4pn7p |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Cook, Catherine |
| Date | [March 1971] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 33' 19". |