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Origin unknown, the rhyme is thought to refer to the equestrian statue of Charles I. As I was going to St Ives: Great Britain: c. 1730 [121] Exact origin unknown. Cock-a-Doodle Doo: Great Britain c. 1765 [122] First full version recorded in Mother Goose's Melody, published in London around 1765 Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John: Great Britain
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. [1]
Rhyme Stew is a 1989 collection of poems for children by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake. [1] In a sense it is a more adult version of Revolting Rhymes (1982). [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The rhyme is thought by some commentators to have originated as a counting-out rhyme. [1] Westmorland shepherds in the nineteenth century used the numbers Hevera (8), Devera (9) and Dick (10) which are from the language Cumbric. [1] The rhyme is thought to have been based on the astronomical clock at Exeter Cathedral. The clock has a small hole ...
"Monday's Child" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many such rhymes, there are several variants. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526.
The first noting of the rhyme/song is by Alice Gomme in 1898 in her book The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland. [4] The author Karen Maitland has speculated that the song might be a reference to folklore about bluebells, in particular that a bluebell wood in bloom was seen as an enchanted place where fairies lived. A child who ...
"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.
"Where Is Thumbkin" is an English-language nursery rhyme, action song, and children's song of American origin. [1] The song is sung to the tune of "Frère Jacques".The song and actions have long been used in children's play, and in teaching in nursery, pre-school and kindergarten settings, as it uses simple and repetitive phrases, and tactile, visual and aural signals.