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Survey of English Dialects recording in Swettenham, Cheshire

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Swettenham, Cheshire
  • Description:

    [Side 1] Wilf tells anecdote about stonemason visiting mill and breaking chisel trying to carve initials in millstone, recalls millstream flooding in 1954, describes difference between milling oats and corn. [Side 2] Wilf describes mechanism of millstone and names components, incl. 'damsel' [= projection on spindle of millstone], 'cock-head' [= top section of spindle which bears uppermost millstone] and 'leat' [= open watercourse to conduct water to mill], explains how to control speed of stones and flow of water.

  • Date range: Oct 1957
  • Date: 1957
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 23:54
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 23:56