Traditional music in England
Austin and Mrs Wookey interview, part 03
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Type
sound
Duration
00:06:14
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
1CDR0012312 (copy of C1033/207)
Recording date
1986-09-19
Is part of (Collection)
Bob and Jacqueline Patten Collection
Recording locations
East Harptree, Somerset, England, UK
Interviewees
Wookey, Mrs (speaker, female)
Interviewers
Patten, Bob (speaker, male)
Recordist
Patten, Bob
Abstract
Anecdotes and tales: Apparitions made by natural causes. His aunt going out to frighten a drunk by pretending to be a ghost and getting hit over the head. Story of why pigeons build flat nests. Anecdote about how they used to attach a string to the young pigeons in their nest so that they couldn’t fly away. Local name for young pigeons was ‘squeakers’, tame pigeons ‘homer’ and wood pigeons ‘quists’. When out shooting you only shot ‘quists’.
Metadata record:
Austin and Mrs Wookey interview, part 03
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