English scholar of folklore and children's culture

Children's games with things : marbles, fivestones, throwing and catching, gambling, hopscotch, chucking and pitching, ball-bouncing, skipping, tops and tipcat / by Iona and Peter Opie.

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Iona Opie

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Children's games with things : marbles, fivestones, throwing and catching, gambling, hopscotch, chucking and pitching, ball-bouncing, skipping, tops and tipcat / by Iona and Peter Opie.