Summary
Game types: tongue twister
Alternative types: language play
Handwritten transcriptions of a tongue twister composed for Dr Dorothy Howard by Janet Cox, a student at East Camberwell Girls Secondary School, in 1954-1955. The tongue twister comprises the following: 'Bobbie Black blew back the black board. If Bobbie Black blew back the black board, where is the black board Bobbie Black blew back?'.
One of a collection of letters describing a children's game 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 annotation in pencil on lined paper. Text written on one side of page.
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
Janet Cox - East Camberwell Girls' Secondary School (College), Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1954-1955
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Organisation Named
East Camberwell Girls' Secondary School (College), Mangarra Road, East Camberwell, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Overall Dimensions
176 mm (Width), 74 mm (Height)
Orientation: landscape
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