The Lore of the Playground: One hundred years of children's games, rhymes and traditionsFrom conkers to marbles, from British Bulldog to tag, not forgetting 'one potato, two potato' and 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo', The Lore of the Playground looks at the games children have enjoyed, the rhymes they have chanted and the rituals and traditions they have observed over the past hundred years and more. |
Contents
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Boys and Girls | 52 |
16 | 68 |
Athletic Feats | 77 |
Games of Skill | 78 |
Singing and Dancing | 251 |
Clapping Games | 296 |
The Prewar Playground | 334 |
Counting Out | 341 |
Truce Terms | 360 |
Rituals | 371 |
Teasing and Making Up | 383 |
The Multicultural Playground | 393 |
Hiding and Creeping | 81 |
Questions and Answers | 96 |
Party and Parlour Games | 112 |
Hand Games | 119 |
Rough Play | 129 |
Games with Things | 139 |
From Ancient to Modern | 141 |
Skipping | 143 |
Ball Games | 191 |
Marbles | 214 |
Conkers | 225 |
The Collecting Instinct | 232 |
Town and Country | 244 |
Just for | 411 |
Rude and Horrible Rhymes | 429 |
Down with School | 438 |
The Postwar Playground | 444 |
Superstitions and Customs | 451 |
The Childrens Year | 469 |
Bibliography | 517 |
References | 527 |
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119 | 533 |
129 | 534 |
Index | 551 |
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The Lore of the Playground: One Hundred Years of Children's Games, Rhymes ... Stephen Roud No preview available - 2010 |