Summary
Game names (and types): 'Tongue Twisters' (language play)
Alternative type: rhymes
Handwritten 'Tongue Twister' compiled for Dr Dorothy Howard by Ray Woodley, Patricia Watson, Margot Kelly and Robin Murchison, students at Clayfield College, in October 1954. Ray Woodley transcribes 'She sells sea shells...'. 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...' is copied out by Patricia Watson. 'Moses supposes...' and 'How much wood would a wood-peck peck...' are recorded by Margot Kelly and Robin Murchison respectively.
One of a collection of letters describing a children's games written to children's Folklorist Dorothy Howard between 1954 and 1955. Dr Howard came to Australia in 1954-55 as an American Fulbright scholar to study Australian children's folklore. She travelled across Australia for 10 months collecting children's playground rhymes, games, play artefacts, etc. This letter, together with the other original fieldwork collected by Dr Howard during this period, is preserved in the Dorothy Howard Collection manuscript files, part of the Australian Children's Folklore Collection (ACFC), Archive Series 3. The ACFC is an extensive collection documenting children's folklore and related research.
Physical Description
Handwritten game descriptions in blue ink on paper. Feature text of four different hands; text printed on one side only.
More Information
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Collection Names
Australian Children's Folklore Collection, Dorothy Howard Collection
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Acquisition Information
Cultural Gifts Donation from Dr June Factor, 18 May 1999
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Acknowledgement
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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Author
Robin L. Murchison - Clayfield College, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oct 1954
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Patricia A. Watson - Clayfield College, Hamilton, Queensland, Australia, Oct 1954
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Margot Kelly - Clayfield College, Clayfield, Queensland, Australia, Oct 1954
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Author
Ray Woodley - Clayfield College, Queensland, Australia, Oct 1954
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Organisation Named
Clayfield College, 23 Gregory Street, Clayfield, Queensland, Australia
Game descriptions located with other material produced by students from Clayfield College. -
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Overall Dimensions
203 mm (Width), 330 mm (Height)
Orientation: portrait
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