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Another theory sees the rhyme as connected to Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), with "how does your garden grow" referring to her reign over her realm, "silver bells" referring to cathedral bells, "cockle shells" insinuating that her husband was not faithful to her, and "pretty maids all in a row" referring to her ladies-in-waiting – "The ...
"Tinker, Tailor" is a counting game, nursery rhyme and fortune telling song traditionally played in England, that can be used to count cherry stones, buttons, daisy petals and other items. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 802.
This rhyme was first recorded in A. E. Bray's Traditions of Devonshire (Volume II, pp. 287–288). Needles and Pins: United Kingdom 1842 [69] First recorded in the proverbs section of James Orchard Halliwell's The Nursery Rhymes of England. Old King Cole: Great Britain 1709 [70]
A popular daisy for grasslands and meadows, the oxeye daisy typically grows to be about 20 inches tall and needs well-draining soil to thrive. Getty Images Crown Daisy (Glebionis coronaria)
The family is commonly known as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family. Most species of Asteraceae are herbaceous plants, and may be annual, biennial, or perennial, but there are also shrubs, vines, and trees. The family has a widespread distribution, from subpolar to tropical regions, in a wide variety of habitats.
Erigeron annuus (formerly Aster annuus), the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane, [3] or eastern daisy fleabane, [4] is a species of herbaceous flowering plant, ...
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos, Mexican aster [2] or cosmea, [3] is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens.
Symphyotrichum laeve (formerly Aster laevis) is a flowering plant native to Canada, the United States, and Coahuila . It has the common names of smooth blue aster , [ 5 ] smooth aster , [ 4 ] smooth-leaved aster , glaucous Michaelmas-daisy [ 6 ] and glaucous aster .