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Iona & Peter Opie.
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.
Publisher: Oxford U.P., 1967 reprint (previously issued 1967; hardback was 1959).
Series: Oxford Paperbacks, no. 121.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: University Press, Oxford.
Size: 134x202x24mm.
Page count: xix,417pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition poor to fair: spine very creased, binding starting to split internally here and there, and at least one page starting to detach; previous owner’s name on the title page, but the main the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £3.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[NYRB edn. in print at $18.95]
Weight without packaging: 438g.

How to order this book

No medieval emphasis, though as a history of folklore it includes some incidental medieval materials (Q: "Where did King John sign Magna Charta?" — A: "…at the bottom!")

Contents: Just for fun; Wit & repartee; Guile; Riddles; Parody & impropriety; Topical rhymes; Code of oral legislation; Nicknames & epithets; Unpopular children — jeers & torments; Half-belief; Children’s calendar; Occasional customs; Some curiosities; Friendship & fortune; Partisanship; The child & authority; Pranks.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: a few monochrome text figures
Maps & plans: 11
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Indexes: Geographical; first lines; General.

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