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Portesham Response Book - 38Do4
Wright, John T
16 Oct 1956 - 19 Oct 1956
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Portesham, Dorset
Dec 1956
[Side 1] Sid talks about typical wages for mowing by hand in past, explains different approaches to harvesting wheat, barley and oats and describes different types of 'rick' [= stack of corn]. [Side ...