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Holmbridge Response Book - 6Y30
Wright, Peter
Oct 1951
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 Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
Jul 1953
[Side 1] Bill and George recall several donkeys in past, discuss impressive age and durability of donkeys, tell series of anecdotes about buying and selling donkeys, recall children 'laking [= playing...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
Jul 1953
[Side 1] Bill recalls childhood rides on donkey that used to gallop across field and stop instantly on seeing thistle and pitch rider off, recalls childhood friend feeding donkey prone to biting hand,...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
Sep 1951-Sep 1952
[Side 1] Haigh and Herbert discuss recipe for 'parkin' [= type of gingerbread cake], stir ingredients into 'flod' [= mixture of oatmeal and treacle] and bake in oven, different temperatures produce bu...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
Sep 1952
[Side 1] George and Frank perform typical conversation between farmers in public house, compare local markets, talk about good hay crop, discuss cattle feed now and in past. [Side 2] George and Frank...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
Sep 1952
[Side 1] George and Frank perform typical conversation between farmers in public house, compare local markets, talk about good hay crop, discuss cattle feed now and in past. [Side 2] George and Frank...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
Sep 1952
[Side 1] George and Frank perform typical conversation between farmers, compare Skipton and Otley markets, discuss annual cycle in cattle farming. [Side 2] George and Frank perform typical conversati...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
Sep 1952
[Side 1] George and Frank perform dramatisation of argument over refund for cow with low milk yield, barter over price of young calf. [Side 2] George and Frank perform typical conversation between fa...
Book I: The Farm [Holmbridge Response Book]
Wright, Peter
Oct 1951
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant George H. Mitchell recorded by fieldworker Peter Wright in the Internati...