Title: Swinstead, Lincolnshire Shelfmark: C908/53 Description: George talks about his farm work and he and Mrs. Paling describe the local dances and the Swinstead Feast. The original recording appears to have been paused on one occasion. Swayfield (just to the east of Swinstead), Little Ponton (to the northwest), Burton Coggles, Corby Glen (both just to the northwest) and Elsthorpe (just to the east) are all nearby villages. Lexis: while = till; a deal of = a lot of; bird-tenting = scaring birds away from crops (usually done by young lad); afore = before; yon = that (over there) Phonology: H-dropping I U NURSE [e: ~ @:]; START [a:]; PRICE [A: ]; MOUTH [{: ~ {:]; FACE [EI ~ E:]; STRUT [U]; BATH [a]; happY [I] <-ever-> ® [Iv@ ~ Ev@]; <-day> ® [dI] U note also had [Ed], go [gu:], education [Ed@kE:S=n], took [t u:k ~ tUk], startED [sta:t@d], regular [r/Eg=l@], first [f@st ~ f@:st], bird-tenting [b@`:dtEntIn], anything [EnITINk], old [{Ud], lovelY [lUvlE], Saturday [satdI], get [gIt], can’t [ka:nt], gave [gEv], nothing [nUTIN] and dursn’t [dUs=nt] Grammar: multiple negation (never had no free education; never gave him no notice or nothing) preterite seed (they didn’t care while they seed you the next Monday) preterite come (then I come from there bird-tenting again) preterite knowed (we knowed we’d got the 2d to pay; I knowed of this place at Swayfield) first person singular were (I were having my tea; I were there thirty year) preterite dare + negative particle ® dursn’t (I dursn’t tell him afore I’d got my money = I dared not tell him before I’d got my money) zero plural marker on noun (two year; six year; thirty year) Page 1 of 2 preterite live (then I live at Burton) zero for + time phrase (I stopped _ six year with him; I were there _ thirty year) of + pronoun ® on (that must be four generations on them) note the construction he did used to get some couples = he used to get some couples. Note also the construction I did do = I did. Page 2 of 2 .