Sound Recordings, Yorkshire
Description
Oswald Jacques, recorded in Grassington [?in 1963]; [recording takes place in a farm building]; Mr. Jacques describes the parts of a cow stall; talks about cows calving, premature/dead calves; luck stones; geese to prevent picking - premature calving; examines and discusses component parts of a farm cart; talk of sledges to transport brushes and bracken; peat cutting and burning; mowing hay, drying, turning and stacking; labour costs; hiring Irish labourers in the past - reference to hirings in Skipton. [Tr. 7]. Copy of recording which exists on tape LAVC/SRE/A769r. [Collector announcement, including details of duplicate recording on tape LAVC/SRE/A773r]; male informant, recorded in Tickhill; talks about Tickhill Fair (October) and local [cattle] markets, including Doncaster; cattle breeding; farming equipment, including tip up cart; haymaking and stooking corn; haystacks and potential problems; haystack thatching; cattle and calving; beastings (first milk). [Tr. 8]
Metadata
| Identifier | yb11k2d3 |
| IRN | 414823 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A772r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/yb11k2d3 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ellis, Stanley |
| Date | [1960s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 10cm open reel spool, Duration: 27' 28". |