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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
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The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:39
	what is your favourite nursery rhyme and do you know the real meaning behind it?
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:41
	I'm thinking Ring o'roses and the Black Death
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 40,752 Send Message	LaGooner	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:41
	I bet yours is Baa Baa black sheep Errol :-D :-D :-D :-D.
	Researching: Keep the Faith
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:43
	haha gooner - very quick Ann they do come to my mind too, as well as humpty dumpty - always was a favourite of mine But what is the meaning behind them all?
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'Emma'	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:44
	I thought for Errol Mary had a little Lamb :-D
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 40,752 Send Message	LaGooner	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:45
	Or little Bo peep ;-)
	Researching: Keep the Faith
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:45
	but my fleece is mottled not white as snow
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	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
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 40,752 Send Message	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
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'Emma'	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:50
	I know another version Errol :-)
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:51
	oh do tell
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 40,752 Send Message	LaGooner	Report	8 Apr 2013 20:51
	Does yours involve a bike GG ;-)
	Researching: Keep the Faith
Member Since: June 2012 Posts: 1,454 Send Message	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
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'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
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	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
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 40,752 Send Message	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
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'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
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	8 Apr 2013 21:03
	Gooner that sounds plausible actually - do you know any more?
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 40,752 Send Message	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.
	Researching: Keep the Faith
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	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
	Researching: Happy

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