Although the stories may be centuries old, the expression of them can still be protected. For example, for a book of Mother Goose rhymes published in the 1970s, you'd be able to use the text, but not any new material such as illustrations or new text.
Jack and Jill, the traditional English nursery rhyme, is believed to have been published in 1765. Although the original author was not recorded, the first printed version of the nursery rhyme appeared in a reprint of John Newbery's Mother Goose's Melody.
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The nursery rhyme with the initials MPHAD is "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
One for Sorrow - nursery rhyme - was created in 1780.
The nursery rhyme with the initials IRIP is "It's Raining, It's Pouring."
The nursery rhyme with the initials "BSWTS" is "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep."
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In the nursery rhyme "Birds of a Feather," the birds will flock together.
The queen baked a pie for the king in the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." The maid in the nursery rhyme serves the pie to the king.
In the nursery rhyme "Ten Little Indian Boys," going in for law means that one of the boys becomes a lawyer. It signifies that one of the boys pursues a career in the legal profession.
Humpty Dumpty is the character who sat among the cinders in the nursery rhyme.
I've never thought of it as a nursery rhyme but more just a silly song for kids.