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The King of Hearts. Illustration by W. W. Denslow. There has been speculation about a model for the Queen of Hearts. In The Real Personage of Mother Goose, Katherine Elwes Thomas claims the King and Queen of Hearts are based on Elizabeth of Bohemia and the events that resulted in the outbreak of the Thirty Years War.
The familiar form of the rhyme was first printed in Original Ditties for the Nursery. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: United Kingdom 1806 [115] Written by Jane Taylor as "The Star" and first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery. Wee Willie Winkie: United Kingdom 1841 [116] [117]
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Hot Cross Buns was an English street cry, later perpetuated as a nursery rhyme and an aid in musical education. It refers to the spiced English confection known as a hot cross bun, which is associated with the end of Lent and is eaten on Good Friday in various countries.
The first two lines at least appeared in dance books (1708, 1719, 1728), satires (1709, 1725), and a political broadside (1711). It appeared in the earliest extant collection of nursery rhymes, Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London around 1744. The 1744 version included the first six lines. [3]
It's werewolves, and zombies, and vampires, oh my, on 'Dancing with the Stars' Halloween Monster Night.
The rhyme is quoted and referenced on Metallica's 1996 single “King Nothing”, released for the album Load. It is also quoted in the chorus of an unreleased Simple Minds track Space, taken from the album Our Secrets Are The Same which was recorded in 2000 and was not commercially released due to a dispute with their record company.
It wouldn’t be a round-up of Halloween's most celebrated icons without including witches. Along with being one of the most popular Halloween costumes for kids and adults, their imagery and ...