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
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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
- Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
- Physical Identifier: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D149
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/35105
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