Children's games with things : marbles, fivestones, throwing and catching, gambling hopscotch, chucking and pitching, ball-bouncing, skipping tops and tipcat
Opie, Iona, 1923-1997
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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.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Collation:
xv, 350p. : ill., facsims. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780192159632 (hbk)
Dewey class:
793.01922793.08398.8796.2
Local class:
398.8 Games
Language:
English
BRN:
1548168
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