Roger D. Abrahams

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Counting-Out Rhymes

A Dictionary

University of Texas Press

A definitive compendium of children’s counting-out rhymes in English reported to 1980.

  • Copyright year: 1980
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Jump-rope Rhymes

A Dictionary

Edited by Roger D. Abrahams; Introduction by Brian Sutton-Smith
University of Texas Press

A collection of over six hundred jump-rope rhymes.

  • Copyright year: 1969
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And Other Neighborly Names

Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore

University of Texas Press

A collection of essays devoted to various aspects of folk tradition in Texas.

  • Copyright year: 1981
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Folklore by the Fireside

Text and Context of the Tuscan Veglia

University of Texas Press

This is the first work to deal systematically with Tuscan folklore from a semiotic and structural viewpoint and to examine the veglia as a means of handing down traditional values.

  • Copyright year: 1980
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