Texas Toys and GamesFrancis Edward Abernethy University of North Texas Press, 1997 - 253 páginas You won't find molded plastic, mass-produced items in this Texas Folklore Society Publication. These are folk toys, made from natural or available materials, whatever is handy or can be scrounged. The folks who make them are amateurs of varying degrees, from the ten-year-old hammering together a skate scooter or box kite to the doting grandparent sewing doll clothes or whittling paired giraffes for a Noah's Ark. Texas Toys and Games combines both how-to descriptions and reminiscences. Folk games encompass guessing, gambling, and counting games; physically competitive games of chase, tag, and mock combat; skill games using sticks, stones, marbles, tops, and knives; variations of baseball, basketball, and football; and rhythmic clapping, rope-jumping, and dance-like games. This book is as much fun as Christmas morning--and not a single battery required! |
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... keeping two logs under the load and shifting the log that rolled out the back up to the front . In order to lighten the weight of the logs to be shifted , some inventive soul cut two cross sections out of a log and put a pole through ...
... keeping two logs under the load and shifting the log that rolled out the back up to the front . In order to lighten the weight of the logs to be shifted , some inventive soul cut two cross sections out of a log and put a pole through ...
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... keep it from spinning . Dorris Tull sent in a twin - spool car that was simply pulled by a string rather than powered by a rubber band . Toy vehicles were made from all sorts of materials . Patricia Hurley sent in small wheeled carts ...
... keep it from spinning . Dorris Tull sent in a twin - spool car that was simply pulled by a string rather than powered by a rubber band . Toy vehicles were made from all sorts of materials . Patricia Hurley sent in small wheeled carts ...
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... pencil or smaller . Sometimes it is easier to make the hole oblong and then carve the end of the stick so that it fits the oblong hole . This keeps the stick from slipping around in Flying propeller ( Karen Haile ) . the hole . 18 FOLK ...
... pencil or smaller . Sometimes it is easier to make the hole oblong and then carve the end of the stick so that it fits the oblong hole . This keeps the stick from slipping around in Flying propeller ( Karen Haile ) . the hole . 18 FOLK ...
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... keep them aloft for any length of time . All the kites were made of plastic , mostly black and green plastic garbage bags . And the plastic was fastened to the sticks with Scotch tape . Kites were more efficiently made than I remem- ber ...
... keep them aloft for any length of time . All the kites were made of plastic , mostly black and green plastic garbage bags . And the plastic was fastened to the sticks with Scotch tape . Kites were more efficiently made than I remem- ber ...
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... keep the little box - and - string house in Mercedes , Texas , on its foundation . It was about midnight , and the 100+ MPH winds of the 1933 hurricane had begun to raise the floor an inch or two and drop it back onto the cedar posts ...
... keep the little box - and - string house in Mercedes , Texas , on its foundation . It was about midnight , and the 100+ MPH winds of the 1933 hurricane had begun to raise the floor an inch or two and drop it back onto the cedar posts ...
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Weapons | 45 |
DOLLS | 60 |
Toy Box | 78 |
Tops and Knives | 162 |
Rhythm Games | 173 |
PlayParty Games and Songs | 190 |
Essays on Toys and Games | 215 |
Folk Toys in Texas | 217 |
Toys on the Frontier | 220 |
Folk of Texas Children | 224 |
Childrens Games and Socialization in the Texas Hill Country | 229 |
Playhouses Clubhouses and Tree Houses | 90 |
Folk Games | 101 |
Guessing and Gambling | 103 |
Chasing and Capturing | 115 |
Sticks and Stones | 136 |
Marbles | 150 |
Games and Recreation | 236 |
Bibliography | 241 |
Index of Contributors | 245 |
Index of Toys and Games | 249 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Abernethy arms ball blade box kite boys called catch caught child circle clothespin dance Josie David Sharpe diameter Elton Miles favorite feet finger fist flying four girls ground handle head hole hoops inches jacks Joe Clark Karen Haile Kenneth Davis kids kite knife knock leader Lee Haile left hand legs marbles mother Nacogdoches nails paddle paper dolls Paris High School partners person pick piece play-party played player popular propeller pull rhymes rhythm game right hand ring rock roll rope rubber band rubber gun Ruben Villareal Shinny shoo shoot shooter shot side slap slingshot songs spin Spin the Bottle spool square stick horses stilts string swing tag game Teddy-Bear Texas Texas Folklore Society Texas Hill Country throw thumb tree house turn usually verse wheel winner wire witch young
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Página 104 - Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot Nine days old. Some like it hot, Some like it cold, Some like it in the pot Nine days old.
Página 105 - Three geese in a flock ; One flew east, one flew west, One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Página 131 - London bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, My fair lady!
Página 186 - And a Haw! Haw! Haw! How many lickin's did he get? One, two, three, four, five, . . . A number of these counting rhymes are based on the love theme, as: Cinderella, dressed in yellow, Went upstairs to kiss her fellow. How many kisses did she get? One, two, three, four, five, . . . Another version of the Cinderella rhyme is: Cinderella, dressed in yellow, Went down town to buy an umbrella.
Página 129 - Blanca esta cubierta con pilares de oro y plata romperemos un pilar para ver a Doña Blanca. Quién es ese jicotillo que anda en pos de doña Blanca?
Página 104 - One potato, two potato, three potato, four; Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more.
Página 176 - He bought me ice cream He bought me cake He brought me home with a belly ache Mama mama I'm so sick call the doctor quick quick quick Doctor doctor will I die...