Dialect recording in Montacute, Somerset

Audio (Dialect recording in Montacute, Somerset)
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Original object type: Artefact
Title: Dialect recording in Montacute, Somerset
Description:
[Side 1] Bill talks about harvesting by hand, reflects on gradual introduction of mechanisation incl. side rake, describes loading and unloading waggon by hand prior to building 'rick' [= stack of corn/hay], recalls subsequent introduction of 'elevator' [= machine used for raising hay/straw to top of stack], comments on recent introduction of pick-up baler, considers ricks produce better hay than bales, reflections on farming now and in past. [Side 2] Bill talks about harvesting potatoes by hand in past, discussion of local dialect incl. demonstration of use of 'utch' [= I].
Date range: 05 Jun 1952
Date: 1952