All Info About Nursery Rhymes
Ride a cock horse
Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.
Origin
It is not certain who the lady in question was. The three main possibilities are Elizabeth I, Lady Godiva and Celia Fiennes, a 17th century noblewoman whose family lived at Broughton castle near Banbury. She was known for making many horseback rides through the English countryside after 1697.
There was indeed a big cross at Banbury but was destroyed in 1601 in a fit of Puritan zeal.
The bells on her toes refers to the 15th century fashion of attaching bells to the end of the pointed toes of each shoe.
There was indeed a big cross at Banbury but was destroyed in 1601 in a fit of Puritan zeal.
The bells on her toes refers to the 15th century fashion of attaching bells to the end of the pointed toes of each shoe.