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An illustration for the rhyme from The Only True Mother Goose Melodies (1833). Children's literature portal ‘Little Robin Redbreast’ is an English language nursery rhyme, chiefly notable as evidence of the way traditional rhymes are changed and edited.
"Itsy Bitsy Spider" singing game "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" (also known as "The Incy Wincy Spider" in Australia, [1] Great Britain, [2] and other anglophone countries) is a popular nursery rhyme, folksong, and fingerplay that describes the adventures of a spider as it ascends, descends, and re-ascends the downspout or "waterspout" of a gutter system or open-air reservoir.
Children playing Pease Porridge Hot. [6] Schoolchildren often play Pease Porridge Hot by pairing off and clapping their hands together to the rhyme as follows: Pease (clap both hands to thighs) porridge (clap own hands together) hot (clap partner's hands), pease (clap both hands to thighs) porridge (clap own hands together) cold (clap partner's ...
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
The rhyme is first recorded in a manuscript of around 1815 and was collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-nineteenth century. [1] Jumping candlesticks was a form of fortune telling and a sport. Good luck was said to be signalled by clearing a candle without extinguishing the flame. [1]
Caption reads "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush" in The Baby's Opera A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters, 1877. Artwork by Walter Crane. "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" (also titled "Mulberry Bush" or "This Is the Way") is an English nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7882.
"Miss Lucy" probably developed from verses of much older (and cruder) songs, although the opposite may also be true, [15] most commonly known as "Bang Bang Rosie" in Britain, "Bang Away Lulu" in Appalachia, [14] and "My Lula Gal" in the West. [4] [16] These songs were sometimes political, usually openly crude, and occasionally infanticidal.
One child of the group is chosen to be "Jenny" or "Mary" etc., and has to kneel in the middle of a circle, usually with head in hands. The other children join their hands and walk around the other child singing the first verse. The child in the centre then carries out the actions of the following verses, most importantly choosing a partner.