OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI930108

Metadata
Title:		2013-07-01_JB01
		0116-20131001 - 2013-07-01_JB01
		Indigenous language documentation in Guernsey, Channel Islands
Contributor:		John (Jean) Bourgaize
Contributor (consultant):		John (Jean) Bourgaize
Contributor (recorder):		Jan (Yan) Marquis
Date:		2013-07-01
Description:		JB01 talks about: his personal details, his age, where he has lived etc, times past; coming across a ginger cat in road which wouldn’t move out of the way whilst walking dog near house where a hundred years ago a French woman killed her husband, and then herself; background to converting his home from packing shed and stable, buying it after owners didn’t have what they wanted at auction, a real bargain; reroofing it etc, converting into dwelling; not marrying until he was a property owner, mother dying, getting married, growing radish, selling it in England, receiving a cheque for thirteen pence; directions to house where wife killed her husband and then herself one hundred years ago, description of house; having a damaged rib, playing accordion for birthday and elsewhere, hotels; liking local football, standards have increased; playing football for Belles and Sylvans, his father also played, for Guernsey; things that he might say out loud at a football match, watching a match on television last night, not watching to end; trip to Jerusalem, changing his life, no longer gambling on horses; more things he might say at a match, using English; playing in Muratti when school boy, winning against Jersey in Jersey, having blisters on feet as football boots didn’t fit well; being hit by car in St. Helier; going to Lé Viaer Marchi (1/713, today), practising accordion with Eddie Jones, learning to play by music; Lé Viaer Marchi, a description of what it is, food, drink, traditional trades, dancing etc, crown and anchor, description of how the game is played, playing once at West Show and winning a good sum, then at Saumarez Park, in Garden, losing a lot of money as his choice didn’t come up; a technique for winning, instructions on how to play and win, money, number etc; no longer bets, he who bets needs to be able to afford to lose, his brother who gambled on horses (and crown & anchor), winning, then losing it; winning a lot on horses, losing more; putting money on an unnamed horse in France that shows promise, Arc de Triomphe in 2014; playing old songs on accordion; children’s costume competition, not dressing up for Lé Viaer Marchi; other speakers of Guernesiais (G), names, not speaking G often nowadays, not many young people speaking it, should be in schools, people not being able to count in their heads anymore, need computers; going to Isle of Man to visit niece, last time the weather wasn’t very good, niece works in tourism, building big hotel in Ramsey; dog care when he’s away, niece’s house and description of it; speaking to a Deputy about the Guernsey flag, no lions on it; the States losing money and making one mistake after another, the bus service, needing Guernsey drivers; sea wall repairs at Perelle, competition in tendering; taking a letter to deputies outside of court building about flag; States being trapped in web; the hospital, problems with there being no parts for some operations (replacements), costs at A&E, personal experiences, cost of seeing doctors on duty; plans for the afternoon, getting ready to travel, tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, Jersey Royals, letting seed potatoes turn green as less likely to rot, planting potatoes when ground has warmed up.
		Language_Name: Guernesais Language_Region: Europe Language_Country: UK Project_Status: Complete Year: 2009 Start_Date: 2009-10-01 End_Date: 2010-07-31
Format:		audio/x-wav
		text/x-pfsx+xml
		text/x-eaf+xml
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI930108
		SG0021
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI930108%23
Publisher:		Julia Sallabank
		School of Oriental and African Studies
Type:		Audio
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI930108
DateStamp:		2016-09-26
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		John (Jean) Bourgaize; Jan (Yan) Marquis (recorder); John (Jean) Bourgaize (consultant); Jan (Yan) Marquis (recorder). 2013-07-01. Julia Sallabank.