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Playground Rhyme
Sunday, 5 Jul 2020, 01:23
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Edited by Richard Walker, Sunday, 5 Jul 2020, 01:24
This skipping rhyme is quoted in Catharine Arnold's book
I had a little bird
Its name was Enza
I opened the window
And in flew Enza
Playground rhymes and games have been extensively studied and seem to be a good example of how something can evolve in a community without any individual being the author. I suppose we could think of them as crowd sourced
Playground Rhyme
This skipping rhyme is quoted in Catharine Arnold's book
I had a little bird
Its name was Enza
I opened the window
And in flew Enza
Playground rhymes and games have been extensively studied and seem to be a good example of how something can evolve in a community without any individual being the author. I suppose we could think of them as crowd sourced