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Jump Rope Rhymes and Games

Jump Rope Rhymes and Games Frieda Mullins, Diana Hall Appalachian Heritage, Volume 2, Number 2, Spring 1974, pp. 30-33 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1974.0027 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/442299/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:37 GMT from JHU Libraries Jump Rope Rhymes and Games by FRIEDA MULLINS & DIANA HALL Last summer Frieda MuUins and Diana Hau, student workers, visited the ALCOR center at the old BearviUe school house in Knott County, Kentucky, with instructions to keep eyes and ears open for songs, sayings, games, lore of any kind. At first, although they were hill-born abo, they had difficulty getting the children to "remember" and talk; but when they decided to enter the games the children were playing, response was immedi- ate. According to Diana and Frieda their own memories were refreshed but the children "plumb wore them to a frazzle" by the Urne aü the jump rope rhymes were quoted. Just how such rhymes as Charlie Chaplin and his criss-cross dance, the sour sardine, and the submarine arrived at BearviUe might be interesting for specuhtion and study by folklor- ists as well as others. SCHOOL One player at each end of the jump rope. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Jump Rope Rhymes and Games

Mullins, Frieda.; Hall, Diana.
Appalachian Review , Volume 2 (2) – Jan 8, 2014
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Frieda Mullins, Diana Hall Appalachian Heritage, Volume 2, Number 2, Spring 1974, pp. 30-33 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1974.0027 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/442299/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:37 GMT from JHU Libraries Jump Rope Rhymes and Games by FRIEDA MULLINS & DIANA HALL Last summer Frieda MuUins and Diana Hau, student workers, visited the ALCOR center at the old BearviUe school house in Knott County, Kentucky, with instructions to keep eyes and ears open for songs, sayings, games, lore of any kind. At first, although they were hill-born abo, they had difficulty getting the children to "remember" and talk; but when they decided to enter the games the children were playing, response was immedi- ate. According to Diana and Frieda their own memories were refreshed but the children "plumb wore them to a frazzle" by the Urne aü the jump rope rhymes were quoted. Just how such rhymes as Charlie Chaplin and his criss-cross dance, the sour sardine, and the submarine arrived at BearviUe might be interesting for specuhtion and study by folklor- ists as well as others. SCHOOL One player at each end of the jump rope.

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