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Avebury Response Book - 32W3
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
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 Avebury, Wiltshire
Jun 1956
[Side 1] Jim talks about ploughing with oxen before introduction of tractors, describes traditional 'buckshutter' plough, discusses manual farm labour incl. reaping/hoeing/harvesting/haymaking by hand...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960]
Compilation of fieldwork recordings [extracts], made in Avebury and possibly copies of original recordings made for the Survey of English Dialects. Male informant talks about harvest time and the us...
Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959-1960
[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
James Shipway, recorded in Avebury; talks about thatching; the loss of tradespeople in the village; reference to the renovation of a barn in the village [by the National Trust, now the Great Barn]; tr...
Notes [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.
Book IV: Nature [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to nature.
Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.
Book VI: The Human Body [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.
Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Avebury Response Book]
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.
Book VIII: Social Activities [Avebury Response Book]
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities.
Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Avebury Response Book]
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations.