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Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire
  • Description:

    [Side 1] Bill talks about cutting and 'pleaching' [= repairing] hedges, lists different bushes and explains hedging techniques, describes farm work incl. working with horses and cattle, ditching, 'thacking' [= thatching] and 'soughing' [= laying/clearing drainage ditches], discusses foxes and badgers and planting of 'cover' [= shelter for game] and 'earth' [= fox's den]. [Side 2] Bill recalls time when local Major's favourite terrier had to be rescued from earth, remembers losing puppy in earth, discusses breeding of hounds and expertise of huntsmen.

  • Date range: May 1956
  • Date: 1956
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2023 00:05
  • Last Modified: 07 Oct 2023 00:07