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agriculture2
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nature1
vehicles1
english language - dialects1
land use1
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Kitson, Jack3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Linsley, John George (1885-1885)1
Morton, John Thomas1
Passman, John George1
Wright, Peter1
Scaife, Joe1
Morton, Matthew1
Jacques, Oswald1
Bradley, Tom1

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Borrowby, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

15 Apr 1955

[Side 1] Jack talks about haymaking, cutting clover at 'backend' [= late autumn], discusses farm sizes and farm horses, compares agricultural practice now and in past, remembers father mowing by hand ...

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Borrowby Response Book - 6Y9

Wright, Peter

Nov 1951

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...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. The original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis in 1952, 1953 and 1955. The da...

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