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Detailed notes in Welsh and English by Charles H. Humphreys, Montgomeryshire, 1943, replying to the National Museum's questionnaire on Welsh folk culture, 1937. Also an attached letter (dated 5 March 1943) by the respondent to Dr Iorwerth C. Peate regarding the above notes.

Questionnaire on Welsh Folk Culture, 1937 Prepared by the Department of Folk Culture, National Museum of Wales, and published in 1937. The questionnaires were sent to parishes, schools and individuals as a way of collecting information about all aspects of Welsh folk culture. The questionnaire was divided into the following subject areas: domestic life, corporate life, cultural life, crafts and industries. The museum was keen to engage with the people of Wales and the questionnaire respondents to collect objects and stories as a basis for establishing the Welsh Folk Museum in 1948.