Summary
Game names (and types): 'Skippie' (skipping games), 'Chasey', 'Hiddie [Hidey] Chase' (chasing games), 'Simon Says' (games of obedience), 'Hop', 'Hop Schoch [scotch]' (hopscotch), 'Hiding' (hiding games), 'Cricket', 'Softball', 'Ball', 'Tennis', 'Basketball', 'Pussy in the Corner', 'Golf', 'Football', 'Hockey' (ball games), 'Drop the Hankie' (circle game), 'Marbles' (marbles), 'Snakes and Ladders', 'Chines [Chinese] Checkers' (board games), 'Cards' (card games), 'Fidley Sticks' [Fiddlesticks] (play with props/equipment)
Alternative type: language play
Handwritten list of games compiled for Dr Dorothy Howard by Beverley Keay, presumably a student at Collier Primary School, in 1955.
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 description in pencil on lined paper. 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
Beverley Keay - Collier Government Primary School, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1955
Date attributed based on Dr Howard's travel itinerary. This object was located with material produced by students from Collier Government Primary School and consequently, it has been assumed that Beverley Keay was a student at this school. -
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Organisation Named
Collier Government Primary School, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
This object was located with material produced by students from Collier Government Primary School. -
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Overall Dimensions
214 mm (Width), 139 mm (Height)
Orientation: landscape
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