The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
Author:   Iona Opie ,  Peter Opie
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780192820594


Pages:   438
Publication Date:   01 August 1987
Format:   Paperback
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This study looks at the superstitions, practices and beliefs, rhymes and chants, catcalls and retorts, stock jokes, ruderies, riddles, epithets, nicknames and juvenile slang that continue to flourish among children in England, Scotland and Wales. First published in 1959, it discloses a wealth of traditional lore and language. Iona and Peter Opie also wrote ""The Singing Game"", ""A Nursery Companion"", ""The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book"", ""The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes"", ""Children's Games in Street and Playground"", ""The Oxford Book of Children's Verse"" and ""The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse"".

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Author:   Iona Opie ,  Peter Opie
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford Paperbacks
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.00cm
Weight:   0.296kg
ISBN:  

9780192820594


ISBN 10:   0192820591
Pages:   438
Publication Date:   01 August 1987
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Just for fun; wit and repartee; guile; riddles; parody and impropriety; topical rhymes; code of oral legislation; nicknames and epithets; unpopular children - jeers and torments; half-belief; children's calendar; occasional customs; some curiosities; friendship and fortune; partisanship; the child and authority; franks.

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About the Authors: Iona and the late Peter Opie wrote numerous books about children, including Children's Games in Street and Playground, The Singing Game, and A Nursery Companion

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