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The name "Jack Sprat" was used of people of small stature in the 16th century. [1] This rhyme became an English proverb from at least the mid-17th century. [1] It appeared in John Clarke's collection of sayings in 1639 in the form: [1] Jack will eat not fat, and Jull doth love no leane. Yet betwixt them both they lick the dishes cleane.
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry, When the girls came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away. These appeared in The Kentish Coronal (1841), where the rhyme was described as an "old ballad" with the name spelled "Georgy Peorgy". [1] That version persisted through most of the 19th century and was later illustrated ...
The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles, written and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham, is a 1945 picture book published by Simon & Schuster. The Rooster Crows was a Caldecott Medal winner for illustration in 1946. [1] This book is a collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles ...
Songwriter (s) unknown. " If wishes were horses, beggars would ride " is a proverb and nursery rhyme, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs, [1] which suggests if wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted. [2] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20004.
During California's shelter in place order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Freeman Ng created The House We Sheltered In, a picture book that could be freely downloaded and printed out on home printers. The popularity of the rhyme can be seen in its use in a variety of other cultural contexts, including:
The Big Comfy Couch (Le Monde de Loonette [English: The World of Loonette or Loonette's World] when broadcast in Quebec, France and Belgium and El sofa de la imaginación [English: The Couch of Imagination] when broadcast in Latin America and Spain) is a Canadian children's prop comedy television series which is about a clown named Loonette and her doll Molly who solve everyday problems on ...
Jessica Anne visited the park recently and leaving the area at 5 AM when she saw the last thing she expected to see - a grizzly bear and her cub! Jessica shared the video on Saturday, July 27th ...
Reese's Book Club was the subject of controversy following the announcement of its March 2023 Book Club Pick The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.In a video posted to the Reese's Book Club Instagram page, Witherspoon explained that the novel, which tells the story of two women in German-occupied France during World War II, was chosen in response to rising antisemitism.