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Survey of English Dialects recording in Lowick, Northumberland

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Lowick, Northumberland
  • Description:

    [Side 1] Robert recalls schooldays in nearby Duddo, tells anecdote about old groom giving children lift to school, new groom refused so one day Robert and friends pelted his trap with stones, brief description of father's work as 'byreman' [= cowman] and pigman. [Side 2] Detailed description of slaughtering pig, feeding pig up, herd fixing day for slaughter, sticking pig with 'gully' [= knife], scalding, skinning, scraping, removing insides, preparing 'flake' [= flitch], women making potted meat.

  • Date range: 14 Feb 1953
  • Date: 1953
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 22:38
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 22:39