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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

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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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

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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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

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...

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