Dialect recording in Holdenby, Northamptonshire
Description
[Side 1] Mr Manning talks about building 'rick' [= stack] incl. use of 'pitch-hole' [= hole in side of stack where pitcher stands], describes how to thatch stack incl. preparing 'yelms' [= bundles of straw] and 'stelshes' [= section of thatching below gable]. [Side 2] Mr Manning talks about ploughing with horses, describes how to measure 'headland' [= strip of unploughed land at end of field ploughed at right angles last] and set out field, explains process of 'splitting the ridge' [= cutting trench down middle of raised ridge in ploughed field] and 'gee' [= turning to the right], comments expected to plough acre a day with pair of horses. Continued at 1LL0015112 S1.
Metadata
| Identifier | vw5g6qdc |
| IRN | 726750 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D378 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vw5g6qdc |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Smart, Jeanette |
| Date | 24 Mar 1951 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 02 min. 45 sec., [Side 2] 03 min. 08 sec. |