Project Gutenberg 2012-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 341 Gomme, Alice Bertha 1853 1938 Gomme, Alice Bertha Merck, Lady Gomme, Alice B. (Alice Bertha) Merck, Alice Bertha The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc. Produced by David Edwards, Harry Lamé, the Music Team (Anne Celnik, monkeyclogs, Sarah Thomson and others) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2)" by Alice Bertha Gomme is a collection of folk games and childhood pastimes documented in the late 19th century. This work is dedicated to the preservation and understanding of traditional children's games, detailing their variants, rules, and the cultural significance behind them. It aims to highlight not only the amusement they provide but also their connections to historical customs and societal norms. The opening of the volume serves as an introduction to the scope and intent of the collection, elaborating on the challenges of compiling a comprehensive dictionary of British folk-lore. The author discusses the decision to isolate children's games into their own section, emphasizing that they are often derived from older, adult pastimes and serve as reflections of the culture from which they originate. Gomme expresses gratitude to her contributors and conveys her hope that the collection will evoke not just nostalgia but also introduce the joys of these traditional games to new generations, providing insight into the practices and beliefs embedded in the culture of childhood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41727/41727-h/images/cover1.jpg en Folklore -- Great Britain Games -- Great Britain GR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Travel & Geography 1355231 1355238 2024-09-17T13:11:00.488907 2023-09-18T08:02:44.781219 text/html text/html 1396468 2012-12-29T10:31:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1589123 2012-12-29T10:32:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1619199 2024-09-17T13:11:55.649133 application/epub+zip 1629411 2024-09-17T13:11:19.442780 application/epub+zip 406061 2024-09-17T13:11:08.599857 application/epub+zip 3616291 2024-09-17T13:12:09.372117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3476819 2024-09-17T13:11:39.012743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 691528 2022-09-19T06:04:41.501369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 854723 2024-09-17T13:10:52.389934 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 871364 2012-12-29T10:30:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 271034 2012-12-29T10:32:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 854380 2012-12-29T10:31:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 269022 2012-12-29T10:32:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 854434 2012-12-29T10:30:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 268889 2012-12-29T10:32:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21783 2024-09-17T13:12:09.584043 application/rdf+xml 11315 2024-09-17T13:11:08.991845 image/jpeg 2123 2024-09-17T13:11:08.801859 image/jpeg 1589163 2024-09-17T13:11:00.952904 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog