Nursery Rhymes

"This Old Man" is a traditional English counting song that dates back to the 19th century. It is a popular children's nursery rhyme that is used to teach counting and number skills. The song's origins and author are unknown, but it has become a beloved classic in children's music.

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This is a good question. As far as people know this ditty was made up way back when the Bubonic plague was out in early America. It was believed that the posie plant could help cure this plague. The plague would kill so many people in an area that the only way to help stop it was to burn every thing the infected people touched or used. So... the ring signifies the amount of people it affected, the posie a hope of a cure, ashes for the way people sterilized the things the infected touched(including the dead infected bodies) and the grim reality of death from the plague in "we all fall down". Yeah... pretty grewsom nursery rhyme huh?

Posies are flowers

"Pocket full of posies" is a line form a nursery rhyme.

Lepers (those who had contracted leprosy and perhaps other sick people) during the middle ages in parts of Europe were forced to have flowers visible on their person (outside their clothes) so that others could avoid them.

The children of those times would often taunt the lepers by dancing in a ring around the sick and pushing them to the ground ("All fall down") or throw themselves to the ground imitating writhing in painful death throes.

Nursery rhymes have been passed down through generations and their authors are often unknown. Some well-known nursery rhyme collections were written by authors like Mother Goose, who is a fictional character.

"Three score and ten" in the nursery rhyme "The Four and Twenty Blackbirds" refers to the number 70. In the context of the rhyme, it signifies the age of the "old woman" who was baking the pie with the blackbirds in it.

"Little Miss Muffet" is a nursery rhyme about a young girl sitting on a tuffet (a low stool) and being frightened away by a spider. The rhyme describes her reaction to the spider and showcases a simple, whimsical story often used to entertain young children.

Solomon Grundy was written by English comedian and writer Spike Milligan. The poem humorously details Solomon Grundy's adventures using a different mode of transportation for each day of the week, culminating in "Time machine sunday" where the end for Solomon Grundy is left open-ended, emphasizing the absurdity and whimsical nature of the character and story.

The first written record of the nursery rhyme was published in 1698 in England, but it was sung to children as a clapping game well before it was published. See the link below for more information.

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All sheep are not black, there are many color varieties bred for the wool and mohair trade mnainkly in Australia. You are confusing two different rhymes, Mary had a Little Lamb, whose fleece were white as snow- with Bah Bah Black Sheep, not the Marine fighter squadron! It is remotely conceivable the poem (Mary and the lamb) might be poking fun at poor Queen Mary Tudor, who was, as is known deeply religious. She was the daughter of the Spanish Royal House and Henry Viii!-one can 7understand her martial ardor towards non-Catholics. of course (Lamb Of God) refrs to the Christ Child and has a religious connotation-and white is purity, as with a White Dove as a peace symbol. Leave the Poor Lady alone, she only reigned five years, the shortest natural reign (as opposed to executed Lady Jane Grey- 8 days on the throne) of any English monarch. Mary I acceded in l553 and died in l558 of some form of cancer,possiblky Leukemia-which also Did in her Half-sister (Via King Hal-Henry 8) Elizabeth I. (Bloody) Mary had a short, tragic reign. Leave her alone!

The nursery rhyme is "The House That Jack Built," where the verse about the husband reads: "This is the priest all shaven and shorn, that married the man all tattered and torn, that kissed the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built." It does not mention keeping a wife in a shell.

Fee Fi fo Fum,

I smell the blood of an Englishman.

Be he alive or be he dead,

I'll grind his bones to make my bread.

Where else was he going to put all those animals?

It's -

Daisy Daisy give me your answer do

I'm half crazy all for the love of you

it won't be a stylish marriage,

I can't afford a carriage,

but you look sweet, upon the seat

of a bicycle made of two.

there is also a humourous version:

Daisy Daisy the coppers are after you

If they catch you they'll give you a year or two

they'll tie you up with wire

behind the black mariah

so ring your bell and pedal like hell

on a bicycle made for two.

This saying is just a playful rhyme and not meant to be taken literally. The smell of tuna could be due to a variety of factors such as diet, hygiene, or clothing. It's important not to make assumptions or stereotypes about individuals based on such sayings.

The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran down. Hickory Dickory Clock

polly put the kettle on because suki couldn't take it off if it was not on

This publication is not necessarily a Nursery Rhyne in the strict sense of the word. It is modern and taken fron a book written by Dr Suess entitled Mr Brown can moo, can you?. It is used in primary schools where children draw pictures of aminals which are pinned to the chalk board. The first picture may be of a cow and the children are asked 'Mr. Brown can moo, can you?. The children make the appropriate noise. Another picture is chosen, horse, donkey or whatever and the question asked again, the children make the appropriate noise. If the picture is not clear, the children make a Buzz and create a picture of a Bee. It is all part of the 'early learning process' and as such you can, and you are encouraged, to make up your own words.

"Jack fell down and broke his crown". Crown is another word for head.