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LOWENSTEIN, Wendy

Shocking, shocking, shocking. The improper play rhymes of Australian children (signed copy)

$120.00 AUD

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Prahran, Melbourne : Fish and Chip Press, 1974. Foolscap folio, hand-painted and stencilled wrappers, pp. 48 printed roneo, signed by the author inside upper wrapper. Australian Folklore Occasional Paper No. 5. Colophon and illustration by Ron Edwards.

A fascinating insight into colloquial Australian playground nursery rhymes in the twentieth century. Scarce.

Shocking, shocking, shocking.

A mouse ran up my stocking

He got to my knee

And what did he see?

Shocking, shocking, shocking.

Melbourne, 1967.