We all have countless childhood songs ingrained in our minds, but have you ever wondered where these nursery rhymes began and what exactly they mean? The answer is probably no since most of us have ...

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

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. But just because we’re aware of something, doesn’t mean we ...

In the history of nursery rhymes, hand claps and farms seem to be some of the most resonant aspects of the popular folky ditties. Here, in “Bingo Was His Name-O,” we have both. Indeed, the rhyme is ...