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Survey of English Dialects recording in Longtown, Cumberland

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  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Longtown, Cumberland
  • Description:

    [Side 1] Rebecca recounts several experiences as midwife, recalls time when young mother and baby died in childbirth before she could assist, describes how woman had had premonition several days earlier. [Side 2] Rebecca describes farm work, recalls milking 'kye' [= cows] in 'byre' [=cowshed] at Crofthead and Netherby, delivering milk by donkey, making 'churn-milk' [= buttermilk], taking eggs and poultry to Netherby, memories of Netherby Hall in past.

  • Date range: 11 Sep 1955
  • Date: 1955
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2023 22:51
  • Last Modified: 06 Oct 2023 22:53