The Lore of the Playground - The Children's World - Then and Now

Informationen zum Autor Steve Roud was Local Studies Librarian for the London Borough of Croydon and served as Honorary Librarian of the Folklore Society for over fifteen years. He has been researching British folklore for over thirty years and is the joint author of the Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore , plus other books on traditional drama and folk song, and the Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland , which won the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award in 2004. His publications include London Lore (2008) and The Lore of the Playground (2010). He also compiles the Folk Song Index and the Broadside Index , two internationally acclaimed computer databases of traditional folk and popular song. He lives in Sussex. Klappentext From 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. Zusammenfassung From 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.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Roud, Steve Roud, Roud Steve
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9780099505273
• ISBN: 978-0-09-950527-3
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; SPORTS & RECREATION / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Social and cultural history, Nostalgia: general