A study of Philippine games / Mellie Leandicho Lopez ; foreword by Alan Dundes ; illustrations by Puring Cardenas

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction. A Brief Cultural History of Filipinos -- Chapter I. Philippine Games Classified -- Chapter II. Pre Games (Preliminaries to Games):- A. Counting-out Rhymes -- B. Catching Fingers -- C. Batú-Bató sa Langit ("Stone from the Sky") -- D. Bunután (Drawing Lots) -- E. Tao o Ibon (Heads or Tails) -- F. Tihaya o Taob (Top Side or Bottom's Up) -- G. Gansal o Pares (Odd or Even) -- H. Kaliwa o Kanan (Left or Right?) -- I. Pili (Choosing the Middle Finger) -- J. Jack En Poy (Jack and Poy) -- Chapter III. Animals Participating in Man's Games: A. Man and Domesticated Animals -- B. Man and Birds -- C. Man and Insects -- D. Man and Other Animals -- Chapter IV. Ordinary Games: A. Physical Games -- B. Games of Dexterity or Skill -- C. Mimetic or Drama Games -- Chapter V. Jokes and Trickster Games: A. Practical Jokes -- B. Games of Power Play -- C. Guessing Games -- D. Hiding and Hunting Objects -- E. Games of Chance -- Chapter VI. Formula Games: A. Cumulative Games -- B. Other Formula Games -- Chapter VII. Findings and Conclusions. -- List of Informants. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. About the Author.

"There is no doubt that this marvelous compilation of Philippine games will take its rightful place in the history of folklore research as one of the major collections of traditional games, perhaps ranking with Stewart Culin’s Games of the North American Indians (1907) and Lady Alice Gomme’s Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1894–898). For this reason, folklorists of the present and of the future stand greatly indebted to Mellie Leandicho Lopez for her remarkable achievement in recording and preserving so important a portion of the traditional heritage of the Philippines"