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Stern, Janet L4
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)1
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Cooke, Allison1

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The Blason Populaire of England

Stern, Janet L

1972

This dissertation is a study of place and community, and in particular (local) sayings about places, characterised by eleven distinguishing material and non-material features. The focus is on English ...

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The English and Welsh Dialects of Pumpsaint, Carmarthenshire

Stern, Janet L

1973

M.A. study of the English and Welsh dialects spoken in Pumpsaint ( Carmarthenshire, South Wales), based on interviews with three informants. The Introduction gives background information on bilinguali...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

23 February 1972

Four students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, (University of Leeds), relate their knowledge of the Cinderella folk tale. Possibly recorded as part of a coursework exercise. The stud...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Wilson, David L

11 December 1971

Allison Cooke and Janet Stern, recorded in Leeds, talking about American university and college campus folklore: rumour; freshman initiation; homecoming games; May Day weekend; Greek Weekend; Greek Si...

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