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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: History of nursery rhymes #43171 09/26/2001 4:47 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I believe the spider and fly rhyme belongs in the genre of nursery rhymes. The word "parlor" suggests that it may not be very old. But for those who may be interested in the antiquity of some of the children's rhymes, here is a URL with a bibliography: http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/ENGL/courses/engl208c/esharris.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Spider to the fly - the quote regyt 09/25/2001 9:16 PM Re: Spider to the fly - the quote jmh 09/26/2001 6:20 AM Re: Spider to the fly - the quote consuelo 09/26/2001 1:49 PM Re: A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD STORY Faldage 09/26/2001 2:05 PM Re: History of nursery rhymes wwh 09/26/2001 4:47 PM Re: A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD STORY jmh 09/26/2001 9:03 PM Re: A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD STORY wwh 09/26/2001 10:35 PM Re: A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD STORY Capital Kiwi 09/30/2001 9:47 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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