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Suzanne

Suzanne Report 8 Apr 2013 21:29

ORANGES AND LEMONS SAID THE BELLS OF ST CLEMENDS


Takes me back to my primary school days in liverpool

:-D

Researching:
price,lambert,goodlass,mcdonald

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 8 Apr 2013 21:21

Nursery Rhymes and their meanings....not the rude ones..

http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/nursery_rhymes/nursery_rhymes_index.htm

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 8 Apr 2013 21:19

Wikipedia have some rhymes and their meanings for anyone interested.

Researching:
Keep the Faith

MarilynB

MarilynB Report 8 Apr 2013 21:19

There is a website, Nursery Rhymes, lyrics, origins and history, quite interesting.

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/index.htm

Tells you all about the meanings of lots of nursery rhymes

Researching:
Stirrup, Williams, Winter, Newton, Johnson, Barrett, Bruce, Bruen, Hartley, Proffit, Rogers, all in Manchester and loads of other names and places

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 8 Apr 2013 21:12

Ring a Ring of roses,

London bridge is falling down.

Little bo peep.

Incy wincy spider ( A favorite of my granddaughter mia)

Twinkle twinkle little star.

Little jack horner.
:-D

Researching:
price,lambert,goodlass,mcdonald

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 8 Apr 2013 21:12

Goosey goosey Gander is actually about throwing a priest down the stairs in the 16th century. If they would not say prayers in English rather than Latin their legs were tied together and they were thrown down to their death

3 blind mice was to do with Mary first of England's 3 noblemen who conspired against her and were executed

Researching:
Keep the Faith

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 8 Apr 2013 21:07

I think they are fascinating and we just tend to take them for granted yet they form a part of our social history

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Happy

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 8 Apr 2013 21:05

Just trying to find one of the websites I looked at a good while ago,but can't remember what it was called.

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Keep the Faith

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 8 Apr 2013 21:03

Gooner that sounds plausible actually - do you know any more?

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Happy

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 8 Apr 2013 21:01

I think there was a programme a few years ago
that gave the meaning to nursery rhymes and some
were quite scary etc.

Emma

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 8 Apr 2013 21:01

Little Jack Horner was about someone imprisoned who received a vital document in a pie smuggled in to him

Researching:
Keep the Faith

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 8 Apr 2013 20:58

um I think I said do you know the real meaning lmao
some funny rhymes but to be serious - what is the meaning behind them?
Many are based around the plague, for instance

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Happy

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 8 Apr 2013 20:53

No LG and Errol I would tell it in the best possible taste,
but can't cause I am a lady :-D

Emma

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 8 Apr 2013 20:52

Georgie Porgie pudding and pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
When the boys came out to play
Georgie Porgie ran away

The meaning behind it....................is anyones guess :-D

Researching:
Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 8 Apr 2013 20:51

Does yours involve a bike GG ;-)

Researching:
Keep the Faith

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 8 Apr 2013 20:51

oh do tell

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Happy

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 8 Apr 2013 20:50

I know another version Errol :-)

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 8 Apr 2013 20:49

Mary had a little lamb,
her daddy shot it dead
now it goes to school each day
between 2 slices of bread

I actually always loved Hey Diddle diddle. as far as I know it is just a nonsense rhyme with no meaning

Researching:
Keep the Faith

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 8 Apr 2013 20:47

Mary had a little lamb
She also had a bear
I've often seen her little lamb
But never seen her bare

Researching:
Happy

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 8 Apr 2013 20:45

but my fleece is mottled not white as snow

Researching:
Happy

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