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One Potato, Two Potato: The Folklore of American Children
One Potato Two Potato The Folklore of American Children Author:Mary Knapp, Herbert Knapp Children's folklore -- those customs, rhymes, games, jeers, songs, superstitions, stories and pranks that children play among themselves -- serves an important purpose: it helps them deal with feelings and taboo subjects which they are unable to express individually. One Potato, Two Potato studies the traditions that hav... more »e been handed down by word of mouth, sometimes for generations. It is rich in examples, collected during the 1960's and 1970's in 43 states, that illustrate how traditional lore functions in the lives of contemporary children from kindergarten through the sixth grade.« less