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| 1. | Sword Dances. Two handwritten foolscap sheets from Miss Burnes collection and copied from Sharp's Bishoprick Garland quoted in Local Historians Table Book (Newcastle/Tyne) I 209 (1842). |
| 2. | The Sword Dance - Eleven handwritten half sheets giving verses sung as communicated to Wm. Kelly in 1854 by Mr. Clapham, Editor of the Gateshead Observer. |
| 3. | Sword Dance - Eight handwritten half sheets giving details of dancers employment, dress, context of songs and dances also character names. |
| 4. | Sword Dance - Short extract of dance from E.D.D., Vol.153. |
| 5. | Sword Dance - Detailed letters from Alice Edleston giving plenty of facts and also music. |
| 6. | Plough Monday - Handwritten extract of this custom from the History of Hartlepool - Soames New Curios Lit. |
| 7 & 9. | Folk Play - Printed Text of Play performed by the "Sword Dancers" at Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington printed by W. Jones, Y Ddraig Goch Press, Aberystwyth (two copies only). |
| 10. | Sword Dancer - Photograph of decorated hat. |
| 11. | Sword Dancer - Photograph of jacket. |