Dialect recording in Montacute, Somerset
Description
[Side 1] Bill talks about harvesting by hand, reflects on gradual introduction of mechanisation incl. side rake, describes loading and unloading waggon by hand prior to building 'rick' [= stack of corn/hay], recalls subsequent introduction of 'elevator' [= machine used for raising hay/straw to top of stack], comments on recent introduction of pick-up baler, considers ricks produce better hay than bales, reflections on farming now and in past. [Side 2] Bill talks about harvesting potatoes by hand in past, discussion of local dialect incl. demonstration of use of 'utch' [= I].
Metadata
| Identifier | xk2b9jpx |
| IRN | 726649 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D270 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xk2b9jpx |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Date | 05 Jun 1952 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 18 sec., [Side 2] 01 min. 53 sec. |