Counting-out rhymes : a dictionary /
Counting-out rhymes are used by children between the ages of six and eleven as a special way of choosing it and beginning play. They may be short and simple ("O-U-T spells out/And out goes you") or relatively long and complicated; they may be composed of ordinary words, arrant nonsense, or...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Abrahams, Roger D. Rankin, Lois, 1940- |
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Language notes: | English. |
Imprint: | Austin : University of Texas Press, ©1980. |
Series: | Publications of the American Folklore Society. Bibliographical and special series ;
v. 33. |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |