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Sheepy Magna Response Book - 13Lei7
Playford, Averil H
10 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...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire
03 May 1956
[Side 1] George stresses variety important for young farm workers, discusses different types of horse plough, recalls local farmer struggling to use swing plough on heavy soil, discusses dairy farming...
Book I: The Farm [Sheepy Magna Response Book]
Playford, Averil H
10 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 George Emery recorded by fieldworker Averil Playford in the Internationa...
Notes [Sheepy Magna Response Book]
Playford, Averil H
10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants.
Book II: Farming [Sheepy Magna Response Book]
Playford, Averil H
10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.
Book III: Animals [Sheepy Magna Response Book]
Playford, Averil H
10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.
Book IV: Nature [Sheepy Magna Response Book]
Playford, Averil H
10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.
Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Sheepy Magna Response Book]
Playford, Averil H
10 Apr 1956 - 14 Apr 1956
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.