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Total number of records: 6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life3
buildings3
education3
agriculture3
rites and ceremonies2
house furnishings2
dwellings2
food2
manners and customs2
occupations2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Ronague3
Isle of Man3
England3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Crellin, Mrs Amanda6
Barry, Michael V (1935-)6
Kinvig, Mrs Sage3
Costain, Mr William2
Cooil, Mr Lewis2
Ludlam, Thomas1
Sidney1
Teare, John Thomas1
Lewis, Arthur1
Smedley, W. Sid1

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Ronague, Isle of Man

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

Nov 1958

[Side 1] Amanda talks about local farms and farmhouses, recalls open fireplace in childhood home, remembers trips by horse and cart to collect ling for fire, describes apparatus for cooking and baking...

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Ronague Response Book - 6aMan2

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

3 Nov 1959 - 6 Nov 1958

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, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire

Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...

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Sound Recording, Isle of Man

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

November 1958

[Collector announcement]; Amanda Crellin, recorded in Ronague; talks about cancer; prevalent diseases in her youth; smoking; hospital; food and drink in her father's time; going to school barefoot; ma...

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Ronague Response Book - 6aMan2
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Notes [Ronague Response Book]

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

3 Nov 1959 - 6 Nov 1958

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality. Includes phonetic notes on the dialect of the locality.

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Ronague Response Book - 6aMan2
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Book VI: The Human Body [Ronague Response Book]

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

3 Nov 1959 - 6 Nov 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.

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