Survey of English Dialects recording in Nafferton, Yorkshire

[Side 1] Cyril talks about local choir, recalls ploughing and showing horses all round country, explains traditional ploughing technique and terms incl. 'headland' [= strip of unploughed land at end of field ploughed at right angles last], 'rig' [= raised strip of land between each pair of furrows in ploughed field], 'gain' [= strip of land in non-symmetrical field ploughed separately], 'gee round' [= instruction to horse to turn left] and 'hauve round' [= instruction to horse to turn right]. [Side 2] Cyril compares ploughing now with tractor and ploughing with horses in past, describes how to 'lig down' [= intertwine branches of brushwood to form/repair hedge] hedge, stresses importance of tools, recalls pride at doing good job hedging or 'theaking' [= covering stack with straw].