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Children's Games, Rhymes and Songs

Helliwell, Annette

1964

A collection of children's games, rhymes and songs collected in five Manchester and Leeds schools. The collected items have been classified according to function - skipping, ball, action and team game...

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A Collection of Children's Games, Rhymes and Songs

Waller, Vivien M

1962

A collection of children's games, rhymes and songs, collected in the Manchester area from children between the ages of nine and fifteen, playing in the street or whilst at school. Schools visited were...

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Children's Rhymes, Songs and Singing Games in Birdsedge, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

1980

[M.A.] study of children's folklore in Birdsedge, based on fieldwork carried out in the playground of Birdsedge First School, between October 1979 and April 1980, and the recollections of parent and g...

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Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester

Waller, Vivien M

1961-1962

Schoolgirls and boys from Greater Manchester give examples of skipping rhymes, song parodies, dipping rhymes, explanations of chasing/ring games (also card games), Pancake Tuesday rhyme and autograph ...

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Corn Dollies

Gebarowicz, Anita

1980

A dissertation examining the craft of making corn dollies, and the folklore associated with them. Its sections provide information on regional names for corn dollies, the varieties of wheat used, song...

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Sound Recordings, Greater Manchester

Waller, Vivien M

1961-1962

Schoolgirls recite/chant/sing skipping rhymes; also ball bouncing and counting-out rhymes, song (some parodies), explanations of (chasing) games (including 'Farmer Farmer') and the circle game 'Sally ...

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Sound Recordings, North East Lincolnshire

Whitney, Norman F

[1964]

Schoolchildren from Grimsby [interviewed by an unidentified woman, ?in a house rather than at school] describe singing/ring games, and give examples; also, describe chasing games, nursery rhymes (sung...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

[1979]

Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cooke, Jane A

8 Nov 1979 - 16 Nov 1979

Children recorded in the playground of Birdsedge First School, Birdsedge, on the 8 November 1979; talking about and demonstrating the games and associated rhymes known to them. They give examples of b...

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A Thesis on Children's Games Observed and Recorded in the London Area

Hughes, Mary C

1964

A collection of children's games, songs and rhymes collected in the London area. Classification is according to type, and the items recorded are presented in fourteen sections. Each section is precede...

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Children's Games and Lore. Leeds and Liverpool

Russell, June

1978

A descriptive account of children's games and lore, based on items collected during the summer of 1977 from children at play in the street in Kirkby, Merseyside, and during September of the same year ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Mitchell, Elspeth Anne

Nov 28 1979 - Dec 05 1979

Children recorded at Headingley Primary School, Leeds, describing and demonstrating a number of playground games, including chasing games, skipping rhymes and ball games; also games played away from s...

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