Survey of English Dialects recording in Wearhead, Co. Durham

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Original object type: Artefact
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Wearhead, Co. Durham
Description:
[Side 1] John describes forecasting weather by observing natural phenomena, mentions hearing first cuckoo this year, discusses farming through seasons. [Side 2] John describes harvesting, mowing by hand, haymaking, annual cycle of sheep farming, incl. lambing, 'clipping' [= shearing] and dipping and discusses merits of Swaledale sheep.
Date range: 14 May 1954
Date: 1954