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Dialect recording in Kettlewell, Yorkshire

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Dialect recording in Kettlewell, Yorkshire
  • Description:

    [Side 1] Fred gives local names for parts of 'shippon' [= cowshed] incl. 'settlestone' [= curb-stone at end of drain], 'boosehead', 'boskin', 'skelboose' [= different types of partition between stalls], 'baulk' [= beam] and 'mowstead' [= hayloft]. [Side 2] Fred talks briefly about wintering cattle and describes parts of 'lea' [ = scythe] incl. 'grass-nail' [= attachment joining blade to handle], 'strickle' [= greased/sanded wooden implement used to sharpen scythe] and 'bullstone' [= stone used to sharpen scythe], recalls brother's expertise at mowing by hand. Continued at 1LL0015058 S1.

  • Date range: 29 Apr 1951
  • Date: 1951
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 20:54
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 20:55