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It's Only a Game? An Account of the Leisure Time Activities of Some Children in Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Whitney, Norman F

1964

A study of children's playground and indoor games, drawing on material collected by folklorists of the past, and the collector's own fieldwork in two Grimsby schools. Four chapters present description...

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Sound Recordings, North East Lincolnshire

Whitney, Norman F

[1964]

Schoolchildren from Grimsby [interviewed by an unidentified woman, ?in a house rather than at school] describe singing/ring games, and give examples; also, describe chasing games, nursery rhymes (sung...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Whitney, Norman F

[1961/1962]

Male and female [?students] interview an unidentified blacksmith in Glaisdale; who describes making horseshoes and fitting a new shoe to a horse (shoeing); describes a horseshoe, and compares shoeing ...

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