The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

Iona Opie, Peter Opie

Paperback · New York Review Books · 2001

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Iona and Peter Opie asked thousands of children across Britain in the 1950s about their rhymes, jokes, nicknames, superstitions and rules of play. The result is a founding work of folklore study, and a great deal of fun.

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