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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
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 19:28
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 19:29