Children's games with things
Subtitle: marbles, fivestones, throwing and catching, gambling, hopscotch, chucking and pitching, ball-bouncing, skipping, tops and tipcat
By: by Iona and Peter Opie.
Contributors: Opie, Peter.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Games -- Great Britain -- History
Description: This final volume of the Opies' acclaimed trilogy deals with children's games that use equipment - such as marbles, skipping, fivestones, and ball-bouncing. They describe rules of play, the history of the game, and accompanying rhymes and chants.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.