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Total number of records: 3

Count of Subject

Subject	Count
occupations	2
culture	2
oral traditions	1
history	1
english language - dialects	1
fishing	1
agriculture	1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Hood, William	3
Storey, John	3
Billy	3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)	3
Grey, George (1873-)	1

Archive Item:
LAVC/SRE/D/1/D41

Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

16 Mar 1939

[Side 1] John recites numbers 1 to 20 and multiples of 10 to 100 and supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; description of haymaking, incl. discussion of 'coil' [= haycock] and 'bogey' [= ha...

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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D45

Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

14 Mar 1939

[Side 1] Billy and John explain local farming terms incl. e.g. 'hog' [= one-year-old female sheep], 'gimmer' [= two-year-old female sheep], 'tup' [ = male sheep], discuss reduction in price of wool, r...

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LAVC/SRE/D/1/D46

Dialect recording in Rothbury, Northumberland

16 Mar 1939

[Side 1] Billy and John remember white vixen and cubs being presented by Lord Armstrong to Edinburgh Zoo, discuss poaching and trout fishing in River Coquet. [Side 2] Billy and John talk about local i...