I downloaded some Nursery Rhymes recently and I was rather intrigued by a lot of them.
A lot of them are rather harmful, many are violent. I suppose I had never really thought about that before until I started reading what I expect are the original versions. These are free on the Internet to download. No Copyright.
The Old Women Who Lived in a Shoe.
I found out why 'The Old Women Who Lived in a Shoe' was living in a shoe..as I did with many of these Nursery Rhymes...it's no wonder many of these have been shortened to a 'nice version' in the Rhymes that I knew.
However, as an adult it good to read the full version of many of these Rhymes/Tales/Stories.
Intriguing M now I will have to check that out. G
ReplyDeletei know some of these old nursery rhymes date back to medieval times and are not exactly for children. ring a ring of rosie for example was about the plague i think. i found this website which has a list and lots of information. fascinating reading :) http://www.rhymes.org.uk/
ReplyDeleteI have heard of this before. I believe a lot of them were political too. Must be fun to read. Are you using the new template?
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ReplyDeleteOk, hope you came up with something.
yevisha,
Thanks for the link..I went there :)
Diane,
I believe nursery rhymes are and were many things.
Yes, I am using new template..