From ‘Breathless Catalogue’ to ‘Beyond Text’

This lecture draws attention to research into children’s folklore in Britain from the last century, stressing its potential to inform understandings of contemporary childhoods, particularly children’s play. The emphasis is on archival sources, such as the collections of Norman Douglas, James Ritchie, and Iona and Peter Opie. The changing nature of contemporary evidence, such as children’s self-produced films of their play shared on YouTube, is also illustrated, and the importance of a multimodal approach stressed. The author compares the historical sources with the collectors’ published work, and highlights the need for rigour in appraising these differing forms of evidence

Art · Epistemology · Folklore · Literature · Rigour · Sociology · Anthropology · Child Development and Digital Technology · Classics · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis

• The lore and language of schoolchildren

  Iona Archibald Opie•The lore and language of…•2001

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• Children's games in street and playground

  Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie•Children's Games in Street and…•1969

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• Children, Childhood and Cultural Heritage

  L Smith, Kate Darian-Smith et al.•Children, childhood and cultural…•2012

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• Thick Corpus, Organic Variation and Textuality in Oral Tradition

  Sigrid Rieuwerts, Lauri Honko•Lied und populäre Kultur / Song…•2002

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• Children's Singing Games

  Alice B Gomme, Cecil J Sharp•The Musical Times•1910

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• Obituary

  Jacqueline Simpson•Folklore•1982

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• Alice Bertha Gomme (1852–1938)

  Georgina Boyes•Folklore•1990

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• The Making of Folklore Books

  Iona Opie•Folklore•1989

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• The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

  Sandy Hobbs, David Cornwell et al.•Folklore•1991

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• The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

  Basil Bernstein, Peter Opie et al.•British Journal of Sociology•1960

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• Stumbling into folklore more than 50 years ago

  J D A Widdowson•International Journal of Play•2014

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• Children's games in the new media age

  Elizabeth Tucker•International Journal of Play•2015

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• Changing play

  Gwenda Beed Davey•International Journal of Play•2015

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• Everyday game design on a school playground

  Rebekah Willett•International Journal of Play•2015

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• Iona and me

  Mavis Curtis•International Journal of Play•2014

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• The lives and legacies of Iona and Peter Opie

  Julia Bishop, Julia C Bishop•International Journal of Play•2014

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• Iona Opie

  Peter Barnes, Peter J Barnes•International Journal of Play•2014

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• Books worth (re)reading

  Steve Roud, June Factor•International Journal of Play•2014

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• Child's Play

  Open Access•Jan Rosenberg•Journal of American Folklore•2008

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• The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland

  Alice Bertha Gomme•Journal of American Folklore•1894

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• The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes

  Dorothy Howard, Dorothy Mills Howard et al.•Journal of American Folklore•1952

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