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Children's games with thingsChildren's games with things

Children's games with things1997

marbles, fivestones, throwing and catching, gambling, hopscotch, chucking and pitching, ball-bouncing, skipping, tops and tipcat

Peter Opie, Iona Archibald Opie

About this book

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.

Details

First published
1997
OL Work ID
OL2619532W

Subjects

GamesHistoryGames, historyGames, great britainPlay and PlaythingsChild Behavior

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