Children’s Folklore Recent Titles in Greenwood Folklore Handbooks Myth: a handbook

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Play Today in the Primary School Playground.
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———. “ ‘Sui Generis’: Mock Violence in an Urban School Yard.”
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———. “On the Psychology of Legend.” 
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