Survey of English Dialects recording in Longtown, Cumberland
Description
[Side 1] Rebecca recounts several experiences as midwife, recalls time when young mother and baby died in childbirth before she could assist, describes how woman had had premonition several days earlier. [Side 2] Rebecca describes farm work, recalls milking 'kye' [= cows] in 'byre' [=cowshed] at Crofthead and Netherby, delivering milk by donkey, making 'churn-milk' [= buttermilk], taking eggs and poultry to Netherby, memories of Netherby Hall in past.
Metadata
| Identifier | y9cl71x5 |
| IRN | 726853 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/D/2/D088 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/y9cl71x5 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales) |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | 11 Sep 1955 |
| Size and Medium | [Side 1] 04 min. 41 sec., [Side 2] 04 min. 23 sec. |