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Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
May 1956
[Side 1] Tom recalls occasion when he played practical joke on new farm-hand by pretending to be ghost, farm-hand jittery all day and ran away from 'tit' [= small horse] that scared him while walking ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 Aug 1952
[Side 1] John recounts various jobs he has done, incl. waggoner, farm worker, miner, foundry worker, enlisted 1914 and served at Ypres and Somme, then 28 years on farms incl. own smallholding and milk...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 Aug 1952
[Side 1] John describes daily routine on farm, incl. mucking out, milking, 'brushing' [= trimming] hedges, talks about going to local pub, recalls occasion when he came home drunk. [Side 2] John talks...
Dialect recording in Tideswell, Derbyshire. Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 Aug 1952
[Side 1] David talks about poor childhood and memories of parents, recalls keeping pigs and hens until he saved enough to buy smallholding, discusses cattle farming and describes how local farmer and ...
Kniveton Response Book - 8Db6
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
8 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 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...
Sound Recording, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[May 1956]
Tom Woolley, recorded in Kniveton; gives answers to questions about animal (sheep, lambs, pigs) names; wool/fleece; shearing/clipping; marking (branding); sheep fencing and pens; butchering and the sl...
Book I: The Farm [Kniveton Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
8 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Thomas Woolley recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the Internationa...
Notes [Kniveton Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
8 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants.
Book II: Farming [Kniveton Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
8 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.
Book III: Animals [Kniveton Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
8 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.
Book IV: Nature [Kniveton Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
8 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.
Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Kniveton Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
8 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.