One Potato, Two Potato The Folklore of American Children,9780393090390

One Potato, Two Potato The Folklore of American Children

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Edition: 00
ISBN13: 9780393090390
ISBN10: 0393090396
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1978-03-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

Children's folklore--those customs, rhymes, games, jeers, songs, superstitions, stories, and pranks that children play among themselves--serves an important purpose: it helps them deal with feelings and taboo subjects which they are unable to express individually.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
The Folk Curriculum
Who Needs It?
1(1)
Folklore and the Folk
2(2)
The Formulaic Nature of Children's Lore
4(1)
The Historical Background of Children's Lore
4(4)
The School
8(1)
The Transmission of Children's Lore
9(3)
The Distribution of Children's Lore
12(1)
The Organization of This Book
13(4)
The Games Children Play
Games as Legislatures and Courts of Law
The Nature of Folk Games
17(1)
Pregame Ceremonies
18(10)
Rule-making in Chasing and Hiding Games
28(3)
Cheating versus Testing the Rules
31(5)
Folk Games as Social Events
36(1)
Ending a Chasing or Hiding Game
37(1)
Rule-making in Marble Games: A Question of Property
37(5)
Folklore, Organized Sports, and Manufactured Games
42(2)
How Folk Games Blend into the Daily Lives of Children
44(3)
Folk Games and Democracy
47(2)
Games as Stages or Laboratories
The Theater
49(2)
The Laboratory
51(7)
Prestige and Power
Jeers
Common Insults and Comebacks
58(17)
Ambushes, Scapegoats, and Punishments
75(7)
The Battle of the Sexes
82(9)
Jokes
Tricks and Wit
91(9)
Telephone Jokes
100(4)
Riddles
104(8)
Performances
Jump-rope
112(15)
Clapping Games
127(10)
Sex Roles in Performance Games
137(7)
Singing Games
144(7)
Autographs
151(10)
Coping with the Here and Now
Resistance
Parodies
161(18)
Shockers
179(11)
Reflections
Prejudice: Blacks
190(8)
Rhymes about Orientals
198(2)
Jewish Rhymes
200(4)
Polish Jokes
204(2)
Political Rhymes
206(5)
Accommodation
Fartlore
211(5)
Kissing Games
216(4)
Special Days
220(5)
Underground Games and Traditional Toys
225(11)
Coping with the Unknown
Superstitions
236(6)
Scaries
242(11)
Cartomancy, Chartomancy, Onomancy, Sortilege, and Other Methods of Divination
253(8)
Conclusion
Linking the Generations
261(4)
The Future of Childlore
265(4)
Sources of Data 269(2)
Index 271

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