Subject: RE: Folklore: Skipping Rhymes & Playground Games From: GUEST,BlackAcornUK Date: 09 Oct 20 - 04:23 AM I don't think anyone has mentioned Steve Roud's excellent book on these themes yet - 'The Lore of the Playground: The Children's World - Then and Now' https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/109/1091340/the-lore-of-the-playground/9780099505273.html |
Subject: RE: Folklore: Skipping Rhymes & Playground Games From: GUEST Date: 10 Oct 20 - 09:34 AM In days of old When knights were bold And condoms weren't invented They'd tie their c*cks With dirty socks And babies were thus prevented. |
Subject: RE: Folklore: Skipping Rhymes & Playground Games From: Mo the caller Date: 13 Oct 20 - 01:28 PM I know it's a bit late for the OP's research and not quite Hull (though sometimes in the same local authority), but my husband was from Beverley. He said that in the 40s when he was in Primary school if you ate an apple in the playground some 'ignorant boys' would ask you to give them the 'cork'. There never was a core when he ate an apple though. |
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