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Gretton Response Book - 24Gl2
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Nov 1955 - 9 Nov 1955
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 Gretton, Gloucestershire
12 Dec 1955
[Side 1] Jack talks about mowing corn by hand, lists implements used incl. 'fagging-hook' [= sickle with metal hook] and 'pick-thank' [= sickle with wooden hook], describes practice of drying corn in ...
Book I: The Farm [Gretton Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Nov 1955 - 9 Nov 1955
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Jack Busson recorded by fieldworker Donald Sykes in the International Ph...
Notes [Gretton Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Nov 1955 - 9 Nov 1955
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.
Book II: Farming [Gretton Response Book]
Sykes, Donald Richard
7 Nov 1955 - 9 Nov 1955
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.