American Children's Folklore
- ISBN-10
- 0874830680
- ISBN-13
- 9780874830682
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 281
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- august house
- Author
- Simon J. Bronner
Description
Looks at secret languages, jumprope rhymes, song parodies, games, taunts, tongue twisters, jokes, and initiation customs
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