Survey of English Dialects recording in Witton-le-Wear, Co. Durham
Description
[Side 1] William talks about demise of farm horses since advent of tractor, remembers blacksmith at Middleton-in-Teesdale renowned for making instant diagnoses of horses' ailments, mentions home remedy for canker, tells anecdotes about horses he developed special relationship with in past. [Side 2] William recalls large horse previously used in lead mines, describes incident one morning near Hamsterley, roping oak tree off road into river, horse went to eat on 'cam' [= bank] while William mended broken rope, returned to horse standing on cam to re-couple her, horse took single 'loup' [= jump] and slipped down cam fracturing William's leg, helped on to cart by waggoner, used knife and string as splint and sent for dcotor and nurse once home.
Metadata
| Identifier | whbwgj8y |
| IRN | 726862 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D097 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/whbwgj8y |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 17 Nov 1953 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 53 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 57 sec. |