FTX-451 - AS SHE IS SPOKE -1-

Dialect - The North of England

Over 30 selected field recordings of natural North Country vernacular speech covering a wide range of subjects & age groups, both men and women. Counties covered here are CHESHIRE, CUMBERLAND, DERBYSHIRE, DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, YORKSHIRE and WESTMORELAND. The talk is about people's own jobs and about local traditions: annual customs, shepherd's meets, hunting, mining, mumming plays, ritual and social dances.

1. SHEPHERDING WITH A GOOD DOG - Jimmy White, Yetlington, Northumberland 1954 - 1'03"

2. FARMWORK ALL MY LIFE - Jack Goodfellow (77), Rennington, Northumb 1954 - 3'33"

3. REMEMBERING SONGS & THE FOLK CLUB - Em Elliott (58), Birtley, Durham 1961 - 1'47"

4. MINING HISTORY & BROADSHEET SONGS - Lewis Burt, Heswall-on-Tyne, Durham 1953 - 3'15"

5. A WOMAN SELLING PENNY SONGSHEETS - Thomas Paine (77), Middleton-in-Teesdale - 0'41"

6. LOSING THE HOUNDS AT FOXFIELD - Miles Wilson, Cockermouth, Cumberland 1959 - 1'46"

7. SHEPHERD'S MEETS UP AT THE PUB - John Wilse Dalton (59) Thirlmere, Cumb 1959 - 0'32"

8. DIALECT POEM: IT'S NOBBUT ME - Margaret Dalton (21), his daughter - 1'51"

9. THAT WAS A GAY WALK - Alan Nelson (70), Brackenthwaite, Cumb 1959 - 2'08"

10. HUNTING AND JOE BOWMAN - Moore Sedgwick, Sedbergh, West Yorkshire 1954 - 2'34"

11. EASTER PACE-EGGING - Miss Midgley, Dent, W. Yorks 1954 - 1'37"

12. THE TERRIBLE KNITTERS OF DENT - Miss Lizzie Haygarth, Dent, W Yorks 1954 - 2'51"

13. THE YORKSHIREMAN'S COAT OF ARMS & CUSTOMS - Tom Horner (89), Swinthinwaite, Wensleydale, Yorkh - 2'00"

14. THE BURNING OF "OWD BARTLE" - Jim Ward (66) with Edward & Alan Harker, W.Witton, Wensleydale, W Yorks 1959 - 4'20"

15. THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL - John Hutchinson, Richmond, Swaledale, W Yorks 1954 - 0'42"

16. WORK TO RETIRE & FIDDLING AROUND - Peter Beresford (73) and Mrs Beresford, Oughtershaw, Wharfedale, Yorks - 0'58"

17. GOATHLAND COUNTRY DANCERS - Billy Pennock (66), Goathland, N Yorks 1953 - 1'41"

18. THE KIRKBY SWORD DANCERS - Bob Waite, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorks 1954 - 0'43"

19. CHRISTMAS RHYMES & STREET CRIES - Rowland Kellett, Leeds, W Yorks 1963 - 3'02"

20. GRENOSIDE SWORD & CLOG DANCES & MINER'S CUSTOMS - George Hoyland (67), Chapeltown, & Louis Wroe (64), Wortley, Sheffield, Yorks 1959 - 4'53"

21. CASTLETON CUSTOMS AND CLUBS - Elizabeth Hall (83), Castleton, Derbyshire 1957 - 3'00"

22. THE CROWN OF THE GARLAND - Ellis Eyre (84), Castleton - 0'56"

23. THE BELLRINGERS & GARLAND DAY - Sarah Waining (70), Castleton - 2'45"

24. PUTTING ON THE SOUL-CAKER'S PLAY - Bob Rodgers, Frodsham, Cheshire 1954 - 2'49"

25. THE OLD LADY'S PART - Ernest Wright (40), Antrobus, Chesh 1954 - 1'28"

26. THE QUACK DOCTOR - Jim Wright (36), his brother - 0'36"

27. THE WILD HORSE DRIVER - Reg Collins (23) - 0'31"

28. SOULING IS OUR RELIGION - Wilfred Isherwood (51) - 1'07"

29. 50 YEARS OF DOMESTIC SERVICE - Mrs Waddell, Knutsford, Chesh 1951 - 2'09"

30. SANDING FOR ROYAL MAY DAY & WEDDINGS Mr. Waddell, her husband - 2'20"

Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1987.