The Study of ManG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 - 410 pages |
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... . 159 CHAPTER VIII TOYS AND GAMES : CAT'S CRADLE AND KITES 174 CHAPTER IX TOYS AND GAMES : TOPS AND THE TUG - OF - WAR 202 CHAPTER X THE BULL - ROARER 219 CHAPTER XI PAGE THE SINGING GAMES OF CHILDREN 259 CHAPTER vii.
... . 159 CHAPTER VIII TOYS AND GAMES : CAT'S CRADLE AND KITES 174 CHAPTER IX TOYS AND GAMES : TOPS AND THE TUG - OF - WAR 202 CHAPTER X THE BULL - ROARER 219 CHAPTER XI PAGE THE SINGING GAMES OF CHILDREN 259 CHAPTER vii.
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Alfred Cort Haddon. CHAPTER XI PAGE THE SINGING GAMES OF CHILDREN 259 CHAPTER XII " LONDON BRIDGE " : FOUNDATION SACRIFICE 275 CHAPTER XIII " DRAW A PAIL OF WATER " : WATER WORSHIP 288 CHAPTER XIV COURTING GAMES . CHAPTER XV 313 FUNERAL ...
Alfred Cort Haddon. CHAPTER XI PAGE THE SINGING GAMES OF CHILDREN 259 CHAPTER XII " LONDON BRIDGE " : FOUNDATION SACRIFICE 275 CHAPTER XIII " DRAW A PAIL OF WATER " : WATER WORSHIP 288 CHAPTER XIV COURTING GAMES . CHAPTER XV 313 FUNERAL ...
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... singing games of children a persistence of savage and barbaric practice . The courting , marriage , and funeral ceremonies of our savage forefathers are re- peated like a faint and degraded echo in village green or school playground ...
... singing games of children a persistence of savage and barbaric practice . The courting , marriage , and funeral ceremonies of our savage forefathers are re- peated like a faint and degraded echo in village green or school playground ...
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... singing of the pursuit of a certain warrior , tells us that- " The track of his two spears through the marsh Was like the ruts of a car over weak grassy stubbles . " The phrase " weak grassy stubbles " refers to the rich after - grass ...
... singing of the pursuit of a certain warrior , tells us that- " The track of his two spears through the marsh Was like the ruts of a car over weak grassy stubbles . " The phrase " weak grassy stubbles " refers to the rich after - grass ...
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... singing cart , " Carro que canta , may still be heard in the picturesque parts of Cantabrian and Atlantic B. Gastaldi , loc . cit . , p . III . ' Block - wheels , which may be mere discs of wood , sometimes perforated with holes , occur ...
... singing cart , " Carro que canta , may still be heard in the picturesque parts of Cantabrian and Atlantic B. Gastaldi , loc . cit . , p . III . ' Block - wheels , which may be mere discs of wood , sometimes perforated with holes , occur ...
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A. C. Haddon ancient Anth anthropology Aryan Australia Badagas Beddoe block-wheel blond boys brachycephalic Brahmans breadth bridge British Islands brown bull-roarer called cat's cradle century cephalic cephalic index character chariot Collignon colour Corrèze cranial index craniology Creuse Culin custom dance dark district dolichocephals Dordogne dress E. B. Tylor England English Europe evidence evolution example fair fair lady Folk-lore France girls Gomme hand Haute-Vienne head inches Inst Ireland Irish J. G. Frazer jaunting-car Jenny Jones Journ kite kite-flying lady latter length leptorhine Malay means measurements mesorhine narrow nasal index Neolithic North nose origin Paniyans photographs platyrhine played points primitive probably race round sacred savage says side singing skull slide-car song spoke-wheels stature Stewart Culin string tion Torres Straits tribes vehicles village wheels women wood