The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland /
"... In this extraordinary Victorian compilation, more than 800 children's games are described, with their rules, their local variants, and the tunes and songs that go with them. In an alphabetically organized encyclopaedic guide ... we find not only all the familiar favourites of childhoo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Thames and Hudson,
©1984.
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| Summary: | "... In this extraordinary Victorian compilation, more than 800 children's games are described, with their rules, their local variants, and the tunes and songs that go with them. In an alphabetically organized encyclopaedic guide ... we find not only all the familiar favourites of childhood, from Blind Man's Bluff to Hide and Seek, and from Cat's Cradle to Noughts and Crosses, but also a host of others: Hockerty Crockerty, Wiggle-Waggle and Tee-to-tum ... Each is also classified both by county and by type and the author provides an illuminating essay on the whole subject: "We have in these children's games", "she writes, "some of the oldest historical documents belonging to our race, worthy of being place side by side with the folk-tale and other monuments of man's progress ...".-- Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Reprint. Originally published: London : D. Nutt, 1894-1898. |
| Physical Description: | 2 volumes in 1 : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0500273162 9780500273166 |