Introduction
Nursery Rhymes have been recited to children and by children for hundreds of years. They are a part of most people’s childhoods, but where did these rhymes originate from? What is the meaning behind the words?
Children carrying books
I am adding to my collection of nursery rhymes daily and have recently started a section for more modern rhymes as well as a small collection of naughty ones as well, just for fun.
Meanings behind nursery rhymes
I’ve collected the nursery rhyme meanings and origins over a long period of time, and I think I’ve heard most of them, even those I haven’t published.
I’ve tried to keep a grip on reality when compiling each page – after all in most cases no one can really know for sure how any of them originated. I just used my ’sensible’ gene and chose the one I personally thought sounded most likely.
Please don’t forget that no matter how plausible an origin of a rhyme may seem, no one really knows for sure how any of them came into being.
Copyright
I get many emails from people asking me if nursery rhymes are copyrighted, and the answer is NO. Nursery rhymes generally can’t be traced back to any particular author so they are in the public domain, however you can’t copy my origins text as this is my own work, my own labour of love and you should write your own just as I did!