Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland

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Original object type: Artefact
Title: Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland
Description:
[Side 1] Conversation between Ned and George about keeping bees, George comments 'a swarm in May's worth a load of hay', Ned talks about forking hay by hand, recalls prank of putting duck down chimney. [0:02:17] nED discusses working as gravedigger since 1904, recalls catching stoat, brief discussion about adders. [Side 2] Conversation between Douglas, Tommy, Willie and George about local football team, reflect on succesful previous season, brief discussion of gardening incl. recent fine weather and apple blossom, comment just sown teddies [= 'potatoes'].
Date range: 30 May 1939
Date: 1939