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The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (1914) (Wikimedia Commons)

11 August, 2015 - 02:33 Alicia McDermott

English Nursery Rhymes with Unexpected and Sometimes Disturbing Historical Origins

Many people associate nursery rhymes with reading happy stories to children, or remember being children themselves and chanting them while they play. However, the popular explanations for the origins...