Dialect recording in Kettlewell, Yorkshire
Description
[Side 1] Fred gives local names for parts of 'shippon' [= cowshed] incl. 'settlestone' [= curb-stone at end of drain], 'boosehead', 'boskin', 'skelboose' [= different types of partition between stalls], 'baulk' [= beam] and 'mowstead' [= hayloft]. [Side 2] Fred talks briefly about wintering cattle and describes parts of 'lea' [ = scythe] incl. 'grass-nail' [= attachment joining blade to handle], 'strickle' [= greased/sanded wooden implement used to sharpen scythe] and 'bullstone' [= stone used to sharpen scythe], recalls brother's expertise at mowing by hand. Continued at 1LL0015058 S1.
Metadata
| Identifier | wxxvfmsc |
| IRN | 726722 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D350 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/wxxvfmsc |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 29 Apr 1951 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 08 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 11 sec. |