Date:  Thu, 26 May 1994 17:31:52 -0500

From:  Christina E Ogburn <ogburce[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>

Subject: Re: Red Rover



When I was growing up, we played games like this in P.E. Maybe that is

where the "rules" are coming from instead of recess. I know someone

mentioned recess game rules, but perhaps they meant P.E.





On Thu, 26 May 1994 debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIUC.EDU wrote:



> Rule books for recess games? Come on, isn't that a lot like saying

> language is learned through basal readers rather than from human

> interaction? I doubt that the folklorists would look for rulebooks. How

> did you learn your jump rope rhymes? Who learned baseball, stickball,

> boxball, Chinese and American handball, catchaflies up, Russia, running

> bases, or any of the other childhood games from books? not even dorks like

> me!

>

> Dennis Baron (the nerd, not to be confused with All-American Preston)

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