Survey of English Dialects recording in Stogursey, Somerset
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- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Stogursey, Somerset
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Description:
[Side 1] Tom recalls cutting corn with scythe, describes mowing in gangs and tying up corn in 'stitches' [= sheaves of corn set up in field to dry], talks about thatching stack with 'spars' [= thatching peg] and 'bill-hook' [= thick knife with hooked end used for pruning/cutting brushwood], reflects on demanding working conditions work, briefly dicusses catching moles as young lad. [Side 2] Tom talks about regularly setting wires to catch rabbits with farmer's permission, tells anecdote about being caught stealing walnuts with 3 friends, describes subsequent court trial in Stowey resulting in fine of 4s 6d.
- Date range: Jul 1956
- Date: 1956
- Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
- Physical Identifier: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D262
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/34854
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