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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... popular hoops , but coming in a close second were barrel hoops , which were made out of lighter metal . Center hoops on small casks were favored . The outer hoops on a barrel had the disad- vantage of being slanted and thus harder to ...
... popular hoops , but coming in a close second were barrel hoops , which were made out of lighter metal . Center hoops on small casks were favored . The outer hoops on a barrel had the disad- vantage of being slanted and thus harder to ...
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... popular and flew with more stability on less tail than two - stickers . Periodically someone would show up with a box kite that his father had helped him build , and we all would ad- mire its complexity and give it our full attention ...
... popular and flew with more stability on less tail than two - stickers . Periodically someone would show up with a box kite that his father had helped him build , and we all would ad- mire its complexity and give it our full attention ...
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... popular among college kite fliers who hadn't quite left their childhood behind . One spring Sunday afternoon a young Catholic Franciscan group helped kids make and fly kites at one of the city's parks . The most popular , and the best ...
... popular among college kite fliers who hadn't quite left their childhood behind . One spring Sunday afternoon a young Catholic Franciscan group helped kids make and fly kites at one of the city's parks . The most popular , and the best ...
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... popular with present - day kite fliers . Opti- mum dimension of the struts are forty - two by forty - two inches . The leading strut is the point of a fourteen - inch free triangle . The frame for the Conyne kite is made the same way as ...
... popular with present - day kite fliers . Opti- mum dimension of the struts are forty - two by forty - two inches . The leading strut is the point of a fourteen - inch free triangle . The frame for the Conyne kite is made the same way as ...
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... popular because they work and they used to be readily available , several old patched ones sitting in a box in the back of every garage . Parents still never take children swimming in a noncommercial creek , tank , or lake without ...
... popular because they work and they used to be readily available , several old patched ones sitting in a box in the back of every garage . Parents still never take children swimming in a noncommercial creek , tank , or lake without ...
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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
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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...