Jump-Rope Rhymes - 1969 collection

Skip one two three, is this a fun book you see? "This collection of over six hundred jump-rope rhymes is an introduction into the world of children -- their attitudes, their concerns, their humor. Like other children's folklore, the rhymes are both richly inventive and innocently derivative, ranging from on the spot improvisations to old standards like 'bluebells, cockleshells', with a gnerous sprinkling of borrowings from other play activities -- nursery rhymes, counting-out rhymes, and taunts..." Jump-Rope Rhymes: A Dictionary - Roger D. Abrahams, ed. Published 1969 for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press, Austin Approx 5.5x9 in. 228pp. Hardcover. Dust jacket has some nicks and tears consistent with age, top right and left. #kids #play #rhymes #skipping