Dialect recording in Wall, Northumberland

Description

[Side 1] Conversation between Mr Maugham and Ned about breeding sheep dogs, dairy farming and local character who was horse dealer. [Side 2] Conversation between Matthew and William about milling corn, recall how miller in past used to take 'gowpenful' [= handful] of flour in lieu of wages, discussion of weights and measures in past, anecdote about confusion between 'poke' [= sack] and 'sack'.

Metadata

Identifier vqr99f4s
IRN 726798
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/D/1/D22
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vqr99f4s
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)
Creator(s) Orton, Harold, Lenihan, J M A
Date 13 Jun 1939
Size and Medium [Side 1] 03 min. 37 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 50 sec.

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