Children's Folklore  A Source Book / 
edited by Brian Sutton-Smith ... [et al.]. 
 - 1 online resource (1 electronic text xii, 378 p.) :   ill., digital file. 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/> Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.  Originally published: New York : Garland, 1995, in series: Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 647. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: What is children's folklore?  -- Who are the folklorists of childhood? - Overview: History of children's folklore -- The complexity of children's folklore -- The transmmission of children's folklore -- Overview: Methods in children's folklore -- Double dutch and double cameras: studying the transmission of culture in an urban school yard  -- Children's games and gaming -- Methodological problems of collecting folklore from children -- Overview: Children's folklore concerns -- Songs, poems, and rhymes -- Riddles -- Tales and legends -- Teases and pranks -- Overview: Settings and activities -- Children's lore in school and playgrounds -- Material folk culture of children -- Children's folklore in residential institutions: Summer camps, boarding schools, hospitals, and custodial facilities -- The past in the present: Theoretical directions for children's folklore -- Bibliography of children's folklore. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780874213577 0874213576 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Folklore--Methodology.<br/>Children and folklore.<br/>Children--Folklore.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GR43.C4  / C45 1999 GR475  / .C49 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>398/.083