1. There are references to a certain children's game from the sixteenth century, including one in Shakespeare's King Lear (Act I Scene iv), but little evidence that the rhyme existed. Which rhyme?
2. There was a square-four-eight-dance, published in Playford's Dancing Master in 1665, but it is not clear if this relates to this rhyme. Which rhyme?
3. Pawning your coat when times got hard might have given rise to which rhyme?
4. Which rhyme might have been referring to the necessity for Catholic priests to hide out in a priest hole or in a chamber?
5. The border between the two lands and the accommodation the English and Scots found with each other for some time might have given rise to which rhyme?
Answers
Little Bo Peep, Oranges and Lemons, Pop goes the Weasel, Goosey Goosey Gander, There was a Crooked Man
3. Pop goes the weasel.
ReplyDeleteJust read a thriller that was discussing Grimms fairy tales. It seems the first version out was not all sweetness and light and more in line with reality and was edited to be more child friendly. I'm looing for the original online.
ReplyDeleteWell done, CC.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot behind some of those lines, Lord T.