The Algonquin Area Public Library will host a variety of programs this month, including a program on "The Dark History of Nursery Rhymes," "Genealogy 101," a Women's History Month Trivia Contest, and ...

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary / How does your garden grow? / With silver bells and cockleshells / And pretty maids all in a row.” Ah, nursery rhymes! There was a time not so long ago when children ...

They seem innocent enough, but Jack and Jill may have become amorous as they climbed that hill for a pail of water. And instead of a water bird, “Goosey, goosey gander” may refer to a woman of ill ...

We've all heard nursery rhymes as children, but some are less innocent than they first appear. Quite a few nursery rhymes are actually linked to some pretty dark historical events. "Three Blind Mice" ...

Many of us can probably recite, “Pop! Goes The Weasel” by heart. Passed down across the centuries, the anachronisms in the lyrics sound like playful nonsense words. In truth, this and other rhymes ...

Nursery rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty and Old Mother Hubbard, may be passed off as fun, but Susan Ackroyd has found they often have hidden meanings.

Diz Wallis selects and illustrates a keepsake collection of 100 classics for the youngest audience, Ragged Bear's Nursery Rhymes. Along with ""Little Miss Muffett,"" ""Rub-a-Dub-Dub"" and ""Mary, Mary ...

Undoubtedly we all have childhood memories of learning nursery and Mother Goose rhymes. Counting rhymes, finger plays, and alphabet verses with titles like "Hey Diddle, Diddle," "Little Miss Muffet," ...