One Potato, Two Potato The Folklore of

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.

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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One Potato, Two Potato The Folklore of American Children

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