“Do you know the muffin man?” Chances are you’re familiar with the nursery rhyme this line kicks off, but you might not be as clued up on its history. As with many sweet-sounding rhymes, there are ...

If TikTok’s #childhoodruined trend didn’t already soil your early memories with the grim and secret meanings behind nursery rhymes last year, get ready to have your mind blown. Those nursery rhymes ...

CANTON—Nursery rhymes are an oral and literary tradition that link us to the past and show the way language usage changes ...

Nursery Rhymes are one of Saga’s side quest opportunities in Alan Wake 2, and it’s how you’ll collect charms for her charm bracelet. Like Cult Stashes, these puzzles are scattered around Cauldron Lake ...

We grow up with these songs – these lyrical and melodic earworms, that continue to be passed down the generations. Here are 10 of the all-time best nursery rhymes. We may not immediately think of them ...

Astrology is now influencing nursery rhymes, with social media and astrology sites reinterpreting classic children's songs to ...

Jack Sprat first appears in print around 1569—it cropped up twice in an anonymously published morality play titled The Marriage of Wit and Science: “Heard you ever such a counsel of such a Jack sprat?

Rarely do classic nursery rhymes use words that most readers don’t know and have never heard before. But “Little Miss Muffet” is one of those rare exceptions. The short verse, about a young girl and a ...

What's your first memory of being told a story? Chances are it was listening your parents or another adult read to you at bedtime. The way most people first experience fairytales and nursery rhymes is ...

You know what comes next - don’t you? Even if it’s been the best part of your lifetime since you last heard it, the next line has popped into your head right on cue. That’s the incredible staying ...

Nursery rhymes from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are sung to children, yes, but often contain thematic elements that are fairly dark—beheadings, bridge collapses, and more. In this game, host ...