OPIE, Peter and Iona

Peter and Iona Opie - a husband and wife folklorist research team focussed on children’s nursery rhymes and literature. Their publications in the field are prolific They include a remarkable collection of children’s playground games and songs – The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren - which are revealing of the hopes, fears and moral sensitivities of early years and how they are shared, transmitted and transmuted across generations and long distances

Life

• Obituary of Iona Opie from The Guardian
• Illustrated biography of Peter Opie

Writings

• The Iona and Peter Opie Archive with links to a wide range of materials