On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:18:02 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> Try http://www.rhymes.org.uk/jack_and_jill.htm
>
>Very cool. Seems lots of nursery rhymes come from that time frame too.

And earlier too. Ring a ring of roses comes from the Great Plague (1665), "Hush
a-bye baby in the tree-top" may have been written by someone who travelled with
the Pilgrim Fathers. "Mary, Mary quite contrary" could have been about Mary
Tudor or possibly Mary Stewart.
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Regards
     Stephen

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