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The story of Mother Goose
Bright and early one morning, Tiffi gets dressed and looks at her phone for text messages. No messages… Guess it’s going to be an easy day again today. She heard that the Candy Town Library got some new books in, so she is going to head on over there to see what they have. Just as Tiffi is about to open the Library’s front…
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Who is that little old elf?
Tiffi finishes walking down the first aisle but nothing has caught her interest. Now she turns the corner at the end of aisle one and begins to walk down the second aisle. She has no idea what type of book to read. She remembers Elsa telling her about all her psychology classes so maybe she needs to leave the fiction aisle…
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The history of Mother Goose
He waves to the mothers to join them and then he turns towards Tiffi to share something with her. “Oh those good old days …………,” says the elf to Tiffi. “ I remember way back when Mother Goose rhymes were very popular, and parents loved to read these nursery rhymes to their children. Would you like to learn about Mother…
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What about the myth?
The elf asks Tiffi if she is in a rush to be somewhere because he’d love to share more about Mother Goose with her. She tells him that she’s not going anywhere because she is fascinated with these facts. “These seems to be a myth about Boston’s Mother Goose, so let me share this with you,” the elf says. ‘Mary Goose, in…
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The elf shares more history facts
The elf continues telling Tiffi more about the history that he learned from the wise old man. ‘In fact, the etymology of the moniker “Mother Goose” may have evolved over centuries, originating as early as the 8th century with Bertrada II of Laon (mother of Charlemagne, the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) who was a…
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Why is it called Mother Goose rhymes?
“There is so much written about the story of Mother Goose but what should we believe?” asks the elf. “Here is some history that I gathered from Google.” ‘The story of Mother Goose is possibly the oldest story to be turned into a pantomime. It dates back to an ancient Greek legend about a goose that laid golden eggs. It is…
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The truth behind Mother Goose
Upon arriving at home, Tiffi gets herself something to eat and drink and then takes her library book into the bedroom. As she goes through the book quite a few nursery rhymes are familiar. She closes the book because it’s now Google time! She opens up her laptop and starts googling. The truth behind Mother Goose ………. She…
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More nursery rhymes and their meanings
BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP Baa, Baa a black Sheep, Have you any Wool? Yes merry have I, Three Bags full, One for my master, One for my Dame, One for the little Boy That lives down the lane. Meaning & Origin - The Real Personages of Mother Goose (1930) suggests that the heavy taxation on wool inspired this rhyme in the…
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Nursery rhymes and their meanings continued ..
JACK AND JILL Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down And broke his crown. And Jill came tumbling after. Meaning - The roots of this poem are so dark that they should not be allowed anywhere near children. Jack and Jill are actually France’s Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, who…
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More nursery rhymes and their meanings
LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady Build it up with iron bars Iron bars, iron bars Build it up with iron bars My fair lady Iron bars will bend and break Bend and break, bend and break Iron bars will bend and break My fair lady…
