"What's for Dinner'!" "Duck Under the Table": Traditional Verbal Sayings Addressed to Children by Adults

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Gwenda Heed Davey

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Children's folklore is one of the most authentic, widespread and ancient of folkloric traditions. It is a tradition which has received considerable research attention in Australia, and in 1979 June Factor and I established the Australian Children's Folklore Collection, now housed at the University of Melbourne. The Collection includes more than 10,000 card files listing children's games, rhymes, riddles, jokes, superstitions and other kinds of childhood folklore, together with photographs, audio and video tapes, play artefacts, and a number of specialist collections of children's lore.

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