Childlore

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Childlore is a folklore or folk culture that is learned and passed on by children to other children (typically between the ages of 6 and 15). It excludes the stories and tales told and spread by adults. Childlore can include games, riddles, rhymes, oral stories, codes, fantasies, jokes, and superstitions created by children. In Western culture, most folklorists are concerned with children after they join their peers in primary school or kindergarten. The traditions of childlore generally stop after children leave elementary school or primary school, which coincides with puberty and adolescence, and the end of early childhood. The record and study of childlore began taking shape in the 19th century. The study began with recording nursery rhymes and child games with some of the first known to be Popular Rhymes of Scotland and Mother Goose's Melodies. These records were created through observation, capture and documentation of childhood activities and games. However, most of the traditional...

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