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Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire
  • Description:

    [Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for years. [Side 2] (continued from side 1) John recalls sister living off money till she died, recalls local working-class women 'gleaning' [= gathering leftover corn], describes working conditions in domestic service in past, comments upper classes no longer able to maintain household 'kelter' [rubbish/nonsense, i.e. superfluous ornaments, china, silverware etc.].

  • Date range: 15 Apr 1955
  • Date: 1955
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 23:34
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 23:35