Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]
Description
Male informant [location not known] talks about the preparation, valuation and sale of sheepskins at a hide and skin market; the preparation of skin by fellmongers; explains the process of separating the wool from the pelt; the sorting/grading of wool by the puller; wool drying; washing the skin (pelt); collection of wool by merchants. [Tr. 8] J. Quain [recorded in ? Sowerby Bridge] talks about traditional cures for ailments, including warts (giving my wish); the British Society of Diviners; explains water divining and the use of rods; rods also used to draw out ailments/complaints; gives definitions of water divining and osteopathy. [Tr. 9]
Metadata
| Identifier | zv7p1lt7 |
| IRN | 414913 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A862r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/zv7p1lt7 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | McKelvie, Donald |
| Date | [1960-1963] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 20' 52". |