Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Friday, February 4, 2011

Day Five of the Truth Behind the Nursery Rhyme: Rock-a-bye Baby/ John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt/ Mary had a Little Lamb

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Many of the popular nursery rhymes originated from Europe. Well, all these orignate from the goold old US of A. Take a look... John Jacob ...
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Day Four of the Truth Behind the Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill/ Old Mother Hubbard/ Little Boy Blue/ Three Blind Mice

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All these nursery rhymes are based off of famous and powerful people in European History! Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail ...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Day Three of the Truth Behind the Nursery Rhymes: Little Bo Peep/ Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater/ Itsy Bitsy Spider/ This Little Piggy

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Nursery Rhymes were created for several different reasons. In past posts we learned that some were created to mark a certain gruesome period...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Day Two of the Truth Behind the Nursery Rhyme: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary/ London Bridge is Falling Down

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So, I thought nursery rhymes could not get more morbid than Ring Around the Rosy (See Day One of the Truth Behind the Nursery Rhyme: Humpty ...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Day One of the Truth Behind the Nursery Rhyme Week: Humpty Dumpty/ Ring Around the Rosy

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We have all seen or heard a nursery rhyme before, and, perhaps, we have recited one ourselves out of joy, at night before going to bed, or w...
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