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Printable version From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The terms " nursery rhyme " and " children's song " emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs . [1]
"Three Little Kittens" is an English language nursery rhyme, probably with roots in the British folk tradition. The rhyme as published today however is a sophisticated piece usually attributed to American poet Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (1787–1860).
The cover of L. Leslie Brooke's Ring O' Roses (1922) shows nursery rhyme characters performing the game. It is unknown what the earliest wording of the rhyme was or when it began. Many versions of the game have a group of children form a ring, dance in a circle around a person, and stoop or curtsy with the final line.
"Little Miss Muffet" is an English nursery rhyme of uncertain origin, first recorded in 1805. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20605. The rhyme has for over a century attracted discussion as to the proper meaning of the word tuffet.
Guests, drawn at random from over 240,000 applicants, were treated to free culinary delights—both on the picnic blanket and on long benches that were especially set up—that were provided by ...
"Georgie Porgie" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has the Roud Folk Song Index number 19532. Origins and variations. Originally the lyrics were: Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry, When the girls came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away.
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is an English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19626.
Three teenagers pleaded guilty Monday to charges relating to a shooting at a Baltimore block party last summer that killed two people and injured 28 others, according to prosecutors. Two of the ...
Nursery rhyme. Illustration of "Hey Diddle Diddle", a well-known nursery rhyme. A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes.