Sinister Nursery Rhymes

‘Here we go ’round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, Here we go ’round the mulberry...

“Mary, Mary quite contrary, How does your garden grow ? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids...

Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s...

Boot Hill has two distinctive opposite meanings, depending on which side of the Atlantic Ocean you live. Boot Hill...

The earliest mention of this custom appears to come from the Celts in the early eighteenth century. It seems...

“Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run ! They all ran after...

“Rock-a bye baby, in the tree tops When the wind blows the cradle will rock When the bough breaks...

“Half a pound of tuppenny rice, Half a pound of treacle, That’s the way the money goes, Pop! goes...