Includes bibliographical references (page <317>-370) and index.
Introduction : What is children's folklore? / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Who are the folklorists of childhood? / Sylvia Ann Grider -- Overview : History of children's folklore / Brian Sutton-Smith -- The complexity of children's folklore / Rosemary Levy Zumwalt -- The transmission of children's folklore / John H. McDowell -- Overview : Methods in children's folklore / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Double dutch and double cameras : Studying the transmission of culture in an urban school yard / Ann Richman Beresin -- Children's games and gaming / Linda A. Hughes -- Methodological problems of collecting folklore from children / Gary Alan Fine -- Overview : Children's folklore concerns / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Songs, poems, and rhymes / C.W. Sullivan III -- Riddles / Danielle M. Roemer -- Tales and legends / Elizabeth Tucker -- Teases and pranks / Marilyn Jorgensen --
Overview : Settings and activities / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Children's lore in school and playgrounds / Bernard Mergen -- Material folk culture of children / Simon J. Bronner -- Children's folklore in residential institutions : Summer camps, boarding schools, hospitals, and custodial facilities / Jay Mechling -- The past in the present : Theoretical directions for children's folklore / Felicia R. McMahon and Brian Sutton-Smith