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Thread #108004 Message #2243986
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Jan-08 - 06:06 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Kids singing games from the Renaissance?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Kids singing games from the Renaissance?
There are two books which are indispensible:
Iona and Peter Opie, 1985, "The Singing Game," Oxford University Press.
Gomme, Alice B., 1984, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Thames and Hutton.
The former, in particular, discusses European and other antecedents and earlier forms.