The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.
Alice Bertha Gomme
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Book language: English
509 pages
The first volume of Alice Bertha Gomme's collection presents traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with tunes, singing-rhymes, and instructions for play. It is a valuable record of folk culture and children's pastimes, rewarding for anyone interested in folklore and social history.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
Title page
A DICTIONARY OF BRITISH FOLK-LORE EDITED BY G. LAURENCE GOMME, Esq., F.S.A. PRESIDENT OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY, ETC. PART I. TRADITIONAL GAMES
BY THE SAME EDITOR. Small 4to. In Specially Designed Cover. ENGLISH SINGING GAMES. A Collection of the best Traditional Children’s Singing Games, with their Traditional Music harmonised, and Directions for Playing. Each Game, Text and Music, is written out and set within a Decorative Border by Winifred Smith, who has also designed Full-page Illustrations to each Game, and Initials and Decorative Border to the playing directions. [All rights reserved.]
THE Traditional Games Of England, Scotland, and Ireland WITH TUNES, SINGING-RHYMES, AND METHODS OF PLAYING ACCORDING TO THE VARIANTS EXTANT AND RECORDED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE KINGDOM COLLECTED AND ANNOTATED BY ALICE BERTHA GOMME VOL. I. ACCROSHAY-NUTS IN MAY LONDON DAVID NUTT, 270-71 STRAND 1894
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