Survey of English Dialects
Merriott, Somerset
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Type
sound
Duration
00:03:45
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
C908/66
Recording date
1956
Recording locations
Merriott, Somerset: OS Grid Reference(344500,112500)
Producers
University of Leeds
Recordist
Ellis, Stanley (b.1926
Speakers
Pattemore, Arthur (b.1906, male, smallholder & greengrocer)
Description
Arthur describes the Roman road that passes near Merriott and recalls an old lady who used to live on it who terrorised passers-by. He goes on to describe the cow-shed. The original recording appears to have been paused on two occasions. Yeovil is a town to the northeast of Merriott.
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