Summary
Game types: riddles
Alternative types: jokes, language play
Handwritten transcriptions of two riddles composed for Dr Dorothy Howard by Sandra Hale, a student at East Camberwell Girls Secondary School, in 1954-1955. The riddles comprise the following: 'What man gets the sack as soon as he starts work? Answer: A postman' and 'What has wings but cannot fly? Answer: A roast duck'.
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 blue ink on lined paper. Features ruled lines in red pencil; 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
Sandra Hale - 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
175 mm (Width), 112 mm (Height)
Orientation: landscape
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