The Possibly Royal Origins of the ‘Jack Sprat’ Nursery Rhyme
an influential 18th-century book of nursery rhymes that helped popularize the Mother Goose figure. Each of the rhymes in this ...
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The history lessons that may be hidden in nursery rhymes
Baa Baa Black Sheep is thought to be about ... another went to the Church and the final third went to the farmer. In the nursery rhyme, the master is thought to be the king, and the dame is ...