{"product_id":"jump-rope-rhymes-roger-d-abrahams-9780292712164","title":"Jump-Rope Rhymes: A Dictionary","description":"\u003cp\u003e I had a little brother. \u003cbr\u003e His name was Tiny Tim. \u003cbr\u003e I put him in the bathtub \u003cbr\u003e To teach him how to swim. \u003cbr\u003e He drank all the water. \u003cbr\u003e He ate all the soap. \u003cbr\u003e He died last night \u003cbr\u003e With a bubble in his throat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jump-rope rhymes, chanted to maintain the rhythm of the game, have other, equally entertaining uses: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e You can dispatch bothersome younger siblings instantly--and temporarily. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e You can learn the name of your boyfriend through the magic words \"Ice cream soda, Delaware Punch, Tell me the initials of my honey-bunch.\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e You can perform the series of tasks set forth in \"Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around\" and find out who, really, is the most nimble. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e You can even, with impunity, \"conk your teacher on the bean with a rotten tangerine. \" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e This collection of over six hundred jump-rope rhymes, originally published in 1969, 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 generous sprinkling of borrowings from other play activities--nursery rhymes, counting-out rhymes, and taunts. Even adult attitudes of the time are appropriated, but expressed with the artless candor of the child: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. \u003cbr\u003e Catch Castro by the toe. \u003cbr\u003e If he hollers make him say \u003cbr\u003e \"I surrender, U.S.A.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Though aware that children's play serves social and psychological functions, folklorists had long neglected analytical study of children's lore because primary data was not available in organized form. Roger Abraham's Dictionary has provided such a bibliographical tool for one category of children's lore and a model for future compendia in other areas. The alphabetically arranged rhymes are accompanied by notes on sources, provenience, variants, and connection with other play activities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger D. Abrahams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292712162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292712164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Roger D. Abrahams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913555083519,"sku":"9780292712164","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ba9e7418-6023-47ea-a1fd-ebf8ce5bdf3f.jpg?v=1680621026","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jump-rope-rhymes-roger-d-abrahams-9780292712164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}