Survey of English Dialects recording in Shipdham, Norfolk

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

[Side 1] Isaac talks about shepherd from Yarmouth who committed suicide after being caught stealing 'hand-hammer' [= blacksmith's hammer], recalls joining search party to look for body, eventually retrieved body from pit of water using 'creeper' [= grapnel used for dragging bottom of sea/body of water]. [Side 2] Isaac recalls recently bought horse collapsing on muck-heap, describes in detail attempts to get horse back upright, explains horse had broken shoulder, stresses importance of making sure to 'throsh' [= to thresh] at right time of year.

• Date range: 10 Mar 1957
• Date: 1957
• Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
• Physical Identifier: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D213