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Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/D/2/D130

04 Feb 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey provides responses to survey questionnaire Book IV NATURE, Book IV.1 (WATER, GROUND) incl. demonstration of local pronunciation of e.g. 'dike' [= stream], 'brig' [= 'bridge'], 'flooded...

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D131

25 Oct 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey tells anecdote about seeing apparition that turned out to be woman in nightdress looking for lost cat, recalls working in coal mine from age of twelve, describes long hours, harsh work...

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D132

07 Nov 1952

[Side 1] Wilsey talks about religion in past, recalls going to Denby Dale Primitive Methodist Chapel to 'take pledge' [= to conform to rules of temperance movement], describes passionate singing and p...

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LAVC/SRE/D/2/D133

Feb 1953

[Side 1] Wilsey talks about his brother who was a gravedigger and a miner and describes different ideas about religion. [Side 2] Wilsey continues anecdote about telling local parson the story of Siddh...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/6/31

20 Oct 1925 - 25 Oct 1952

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...

Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/A724r

[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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LAVC/SED/2/2/6/31/1

20 Oct 1925 - 25 Oct 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Wilsey Dyson recorded by fieldworker Peter Wright in the International P...

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LAVC/SED/2/2/6/31/4

20 Oct 1925 - 25 Oct 1952

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

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LAVC/SED/2/2/6/31/5

20 Oct 1925 - 25 Oct 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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LAVC/SED/2/2/6/31/6

20 Oct 1925 - 25 Oct 1952

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

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LAVC/SED/2/2/6/31/7

20 Oct 1925 - 25 Oct 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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LAVC/SED/2/2/6/31/8

20 Oct 1925 - 25 Oct 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities.