Mountain Mother Goose: Child Lore of West Virginia

by Ruth Ann Musick and Walter Barnes

Mountain Mother Goose is a collection of jingles, jangles, rhymes, riddles, games, and lesson stories chanted and sung by children of Central Appalachia on the playground, recited in one room school settings, and echoed in backyards and churchyards throughout the small villages and farms that dotted the hills and valleys of West Virginia. Stretching from the early 20th century practically to its end, this collection of melodies traces the regional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0989548309
• ISBN13: 9780989548304
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Fairmont State University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.