Hey Diddle Diddle
Subtitle: our best-loved nursery rhymes and what they really mean
By: Sam Foster ; [illustrations by Lora Redman]
Contributors: Redman, Lora
Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780857657404; 9780857657398; 9780857657497; 9781840247084
Subjects: English Nursery rhymes; History and criticism; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Folklore & Mythology; LITERARY CRITICISM; Children's Literature
Description: The true meanings and often surprising origins of 40 best-loved traditional nursery rhymes Many of the catchy songs we grew up with were not nonsense verses for the playground but served as satirical commentaries on political events of the day, spreading subversive messages at a time when illiteracy was commonplace in society and direct criticism of the authorities was punishable by prison or death. Sing a Song of Sixpence, a Pocketful of Rye, Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie-was this simply about a delicacy of the day, or was it a coded message used to recruit members for Blackbeard'
Notes: Title from PDF cover (viewed Aug. 30, 2012).
Table of contents: title: Cover; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; HARK, HARK, THE DOGS DO BARK; LITTLE MISS MUFFET; DING, DONG, BELL; REMEMBER, REMEMBER; JACK BE NIMBLE; A WISE OLD OWL; HOT CROSS BUNS; LUCY LOCKET; RING-A-RING O' ROSES; HUMPTY DUMPTY; BAA, BAA BLACK SHEEP; GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK; LITTLE BO-PEEP; POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON; GOOSEY, GOOSEY GANDER; CHRISTMAS IS COMING; RIDE A COCK-HORSE TO BANBURY CROSS; RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY; SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE; LITTLE JACK HORNER; GEORGIE PORGIE; THREE BLIND MICE; OLD MOTHER HUBBARD; MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY; OLD KING COLE; JACK AND JILL.; title: LITTLE BOY BLUEORANGES AND LEMONS; DOCTOR FOSTER; POP! GOES THE WEASEL; SIMPLE SIMON; LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER; LONDON BRIDGE; JACK SPRAT; MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB; WEE WILLIE WINKIE; LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD, FLY AWAY HOME; ROCK-A-BYE BABY.