Survey of English Dialects recording in Outwell, Norfolk

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

[Side 1] William explains how to 'rode' [= to dredge/clear out] 'dyke' [= ditch], lists tools used incl. 'hodding-spade' [= implement used to clear out dyke], and 'crome' [= hook/fork with prongs at right angle to shaft], describes method of 'jack-balling' [= passing mud/weeds etc. from spade to spade when dredging/clearing out dyke], recalls working on Forty Foot Drain. [Side 2] William comments fewer fish in dykes now than in past, recalls catching eels when dredging dykes and auctioning them among workers, discusses war service as 'lance-jack' [= lance corporal], lists places stationed incl. Cape Town, Durban, Bombay, Basra and Baghdad, tells anecdote about shaving moustache off and not being recognised by fellow soldiers.

• Date range: 03 Apr 1957
• Date: 1957
• Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
• Physical Identifier: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D211