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Description
This study looks at the superstitions, practices and beliefs, rhymes and chants, catcalls and retorts, stock jokes, ruderies, riddles, epithets, nicknames and juvenile slang that continue to flourish among children in England, Scotland and Wales. First published in 1959, it discloses a wealth of traditional lore and language. Iona and Peter Opie also wrote "The Singing Game", "A Nursery Companion", "The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book", "The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes", "Children's Games in Street and Playground", "The Oxford Book of Children's Verse" and "The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse".
Book Information
ISBN 9780192820594
Author Iona Opie
Format Paperback
Page Count 438
Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
Publisher Oxford University Press
Book Information
ISBN 9780192820594
Author Iona Opie
Format Paperback
Page Count 438
Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
Publisher Oxford University Press
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