At 08:48 AM 8/28/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Dear list members,
>I'm doing some research in the field of the acquisition of number words by
>children.
>In connection with this research I'm interested in texts of children's
>songs and rhymes, in which one finds sequences of number words like [10,
>20, 30, 40 etc.] or other number sequences in dipping rhymes; or
>sequences like [monday, tuesday, wednesday etc.]; or sequences like
>[january, february, march etc.] or other sequences of words, more or
>less presented as a list or an enumeration in dipping rhymes or
>otherwise.
>I have already found a lot of Dutch ones; but I would like to know whether
>these things are also present in repertoires of other specch
>communities.
>References to books or articles related to this subject are also very
>welcome.
>Many thanks in advance.
>Thijs Pollmann
>
>Thijs Pollmann
>werkadres: Drift 8, 3512 BS Utrecht
>030-2536035
>http://www.let.uu.nl/~Thijs.Pollmann/personal/
Dear Thijs.
Do you know _Memory in Oral Traditions_ by David C. Rubin? Counting-out
rhymes are one of his three main genre, and he is interested in questions
that touch on your questions,
Also
Roger Abrahams: Jump-Rope Rhymes: A Dictionary
Roger Abrahams and L. Rankin: Counting Out Rhymes: A Dictionary
Knapp & Knapp: One Potato, Two Potato
Simon Bronner: American Children's Folklore
Also much material in several languages lies in the Journal of American
Folklore. Use the subject index of the excellent Centennial Index (e.g.,
look up "counting out verse" and plain "verse.) One long article 150
pages, is Mason's collection of Porto-Rican riddles and verses in the 1916
volume, followed by a similar collection from the hispanic Southwestern USA.
Hope this helps.
Bill McCarthy
Penn State University
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