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Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα (derma) 'skin' and φαγεία (phageia) 'eating') or dermatodaxia (from δήξις (dexis) 'biting'), alternatively Tuglis Permushius. [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is ...
Origins. [] The modern rhyme is the best known of a number of verses beginning with the line "Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross", some of which are recorded earlier. These include a verse printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (c. 1744), with the lyrics: Ride a cock-horse To Banbury Cross, To see what Tommy can buy; A penny white loaf, A ...
The traditional gestures for the "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" song demonstrated at a festival in Japan (2014) "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" is a children's song. The song was documented as early as 1912 [1] and in 1961. [2] It is often sung to the tune of "There Is a Tavern in the Town", although it is sometimes sung to the tune of ...
Folk. Songwriter (s) Traditional. " There Is a Tavern in the Town " is a traditional folk song, which first appeared in the 1883 edition of William H. Hill's Student Songs. [1] The song was the college anthem of Trinity University College. [citation needed] It was performed by Rudy Vallée as "The Drunkard Song", slightly changing the chorus.
1909 sheet music cover. I've Got Rings On My Fingers is a popular song written in 1909, words by Weston and Barnes, and music by Maurice Scott. It concerns an Irishman named Jim O'Shea, a castaway who finds himself on an island somewhere in the East Indies, whereupon he is made Chief Panjandrum by the natives because they like his red hair and his Irish smile.
Illustration by Lilly Martin Spencer, 1857. Nursery rhyme. Published. 1760. Songwriter (s) Unknown. "This Little Pig Went to Market" (often shortened to "This Little Piggy") is an English-language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19297.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. " Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star " is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". [1] The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.
9780152060572. OCLC. 488538353. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes is a 2008 children's picture book by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury. [1] It is about babies, who, although they are from around the world, all share the common trait of having the same number of digits.