ASIN: B00HUVC6WC
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 44
The book is all about string games for beginners. You might have to use your teeth a bit for some of them... There is a great one at the end from the Navaho Indians which shows you how to do the breast-bone and ribs, and it’s absolutely marvellous. String games may be regarded as a pastime pure and simple, and quite apart from their intrinsic fascination they provide a valuable exercise for fingers, memory and imagination. In this aspect they should appeal both to children and to teachers, and in particular they may be commended to Scouts and Girl Guides.All you would have to do is give it to any child and let them get on with it. It’s exactly the thing for any parent with a car-sick child, with and child who’s got mumps, measles, chickenpox or anything else. Beyond this, any folklorist knows that traditional games reflect not a little of the history and social habits of a people, and ...
