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Rhymes of Children: A Select Bibliography of English Language
Materials
Compiled by: Barbara C. Orbach
Publication Date: August 14, 1980
Abrahams, Roger D. Jump-rope rhymes, a dictionary.
Austin, Published for the American Folklore Society by the University
of Texas Press [1969] xxiv, 228 p. (Publications of the American
Folklore Society. Bibliographical and special series, v. 20)
PE1519.A2
Bolton, Henry Carrington. The counting-out
rhymes of children. New York, D. Appleton, 1888. 121 p.
GR485.B53 1888; Detroit, Singing Tree Press, 1969. 121 p. GR484.B53
1969.
Brady, Eilís. All in! all in! A selection
of Dublin children's traditional street-games with rhymes and
music. Dublin, Vomhairle Bhéaloidias
Éireann, 1975. xv, 195 p.
GV1204.467.B73
Brewster, Paul G., ed. Children's games and
rhymes. In Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Library. Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore. The
Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore; the folklore
of North Carolina. v. 1. Durham, N.C., Duke University Press
[1952] p. 29-219. Reprinted in New York by Arno Press in 1976.
GR110.N8D8, v. 1.
Cumnock, Scot. Academy. Those dusty bluebells; children's rhymes
from the Cumnock area. Cumnock (Ayrs.), The Academy, 1965. 32
p.
PZ8.3.C915 Th
Daiken, Leslie H., ed. Out goes she; Dublin street games. [Chester
Springs, Pa.] Dufour Editions [1965] 44 p.
Douglas, Norman. [Rhymes] In his London
street games. [2d ed., rev. and enl.] London, Chatto and Windus,
1931. (The Dolphin books, [8]) p. 27-58.
GV75.D7 1931; London Street Games, 2d ed., was reprinted in Detroit
by Singing Tree Press in 1968 (GV75.D7 1968).
East Orange, N.J. Vernon L. Davey Junior High School. Folk jingles.
In its Davey sprouts; a book of original writing and folk lore
written and collected by seventh and eigth [sic] grade pupils
in the Vernon L. Davey Junior High School, East Orange, New Jersey.
1935-1940. Compiled by Dorothy Mills Howard. [East Orange] 1940.
p. 25-39.
PS508.S4E25
Emrich, Duncan, comp. The nonesense
book of riddles, rhymes, tongue twisters, puzzles and jokes from
American folklore. New York, Four Winds Press [1970] 266p.
GR975.E46
Evans, Patricia H., comp. Jump rope rhymes. San Francisco,
Porpoise Bookshop, 1954. 32 p.
GR485.E9
Evans, Patricia H., comp. Rimbles; a book of children's
classic games, rhymes, songs, and sayings. Garden City, N.Y.,
Doubleday, 1961. 157 p.
PZ.E86 Ri
Fowke, Edith F. Ring around the moom. Toronto, McClelland and
Stewart, 1977. 160 p.
M1997.F774R5
Fowke, Edith F., comp. Sally go round the sun; 300
children's songs, rhymes, and games. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday
[1970] 160p.
M1993.F815S3
Gomme, Alice B. M., Lady, ed. The traditional games
of England, Scotland, and Ireland. London, D. Nutt, 1894-98.
2 v. (A dictionary of British folklore, edited by G. Laurence
Gomme. Pt. 1, v. 1-2)
GR141.G5; Reprinted with an introduction by Dorothy Howard in
New York by Dover Publications in 1964 (2 v. GR141.G5 1964).
Gregor, Walter. Counting-out rhymes of children. Darby, Pa.,
Norwood Editions, 1973. 32 p.; Reprint onf the 1891 ed.
GR485.G48 1973.
Gullen, F. Doreen. Traditional number rhymes and games. London,
University of London Press, 1950. 144 p. (Publications of the
Scottish Council for Research in Education, 32)
GR485.G8
Knapp, Mary, and Herbert Knapp. One potato, two potato ...;
the secret education of American children. New York, W.W. Norton,
1976. 274 p.
GR105.K38 1976
Langstaff, John M., and Carol Langstaff. Shimmy shimmy coke-ca-pop!
A collection of city children's street games and rhymes. Garden
City, N.Y., Doubleday [1973] 95 p.
GR480.L36 1973
Larrick, Nancy, comp. The wheels of the bus go round and round.
San Carlos, Calif., Golden Gate Junior Books [1972] 46 p.
M1997.L34W5
Lowenstein, Wendy J. Shocking, shocking, shocking; the improper
play rhymes of Australian children. Prahran, Vic., Fish and Chip
Press, 1974. 47 p. (Australian folklore occasional paper, no.
5)
GR365.L68
Newell, William W. Games and songs of American children. New
ed. rev. and enl. New York, Harper, 1903. sv, 282 p.
GV1203.N54
Reprinted with a new introduction and index by Carl Withers in
New York by Dover Publications in 1963 (289 p. GV1203.N53 1963).
Opie, Iona A., and Peter Opie. Children's games in street and
playground. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1969. xxvi, 371 p.
GV1203.O6
Opie, Iona A., and Peter Opie, comps. I saw Esau; traditional
rhymes of youth. London, Williams and Norgate [1947] 95 p.
PZ.3.O6 I
Opie, Iona A., and Peter Opie. The lore and language of schoolchildren.
Oxford, Clarendon Press [1959] xviii, 417 p.
GR474.O67
----- Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1967. xix, 417 p.
GR475.O67 1967
Ritchie, James T. R. Golden City. Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd,
1965. 182 p.
GR480.R5
Rutherford, Frank. All the way to Pennywell; children's rhymes
of the North East. Durham, University of Durham Institute of
Education, 1971. 145 p.
GR475.R8
Shaw, Frank, comp. You know my Anty Nelly? Liverpool children's
rhymes. London, Wolfe Pub., 1970. 134 p.
GR485.S5 1970
Turner, Ian. Cinderella dressed in yella. Melbourne, Heinemann
Educational Australia, 1969. 153 p.
PR9554.C5T8
------ New York, Taplinger Pub. Co. [1972] 153 p.
GR480.T8 1972
Turner, Ian. June Factor, and Wendy J. Lowenstein. Cinderella
dressed in yella. 2d ed. Richmond [Australia] Heinemann Educational
Australia, 1978. 173 p.
GR485.T87 1978
The Whim-wham book. Collected by Emrich, Duncan.
New York, Four Winds Press [1975]. 173 p.
GR105.W48
Withers, Carl, comp. A rocket in my pocket; the rhymes and chants
of young Americans. [New York] H. Holt [1948] 214 p.
PZ8.3.W76 Ro
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