The singing game
By: by Iona and Peter Opie.
Contributors: Opie, Peter.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
Subjects: Singing games -- Great Britain
Description: Traces the histories of singing games such as ring a ring o' roses, oranges and lemons and others, and is an exposition both of the workings of folklore, and of the perennial ways of young children when left to play on their own. Each of the 150 games is described in historical detail.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [481]-483.
Includes indexes.