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Survey of English Dialects recording in Kinlet, Shropshire

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Kinlet, Shropshire
  • Description:

    [Side 1] William recalls 'thrashing' [= threshing] by hand, explains use of 'thrail' [= flail] and 'nile' [= striking part of flail], discusses harvesting by hand and comments younger generation no longer know how to cut sheaf, explains traditional method of building 'rick' [= haystack]. [Side 2] William explains how to thatch 'rick' [= haystack], incl. use of pegs and 'hay-bands' [= rope of twisted straw used to bind bundle of hay], discusses storage of grain and journey to flour-mill to grind wheat.

  • Date range: Jan 1955
  • Date: 1955
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 17:01
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 17:01