"Earlier folklorists had focused on black religious expression, the language of the church and pulpit. Mr. Abrahams described a new and vibrant verbal world, exuberant, profane and endlessly inventive. He explained the fine points of the dozens - a street-corner battle of wits in which participants traded insults ... [as well as] jump-rope rhymes and counting rhymes."
Article source here:Arts Journal
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