ALPHABETICAL INDEX
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A
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A cat came fiddling out of a barn, 34, 35
A frog he would a-wooing ride, 29, 31
A new dyall (Christmas carol), 149
A was an apple pie, 14
A was an archer who shot at a frog, 37
A whistling woman and a crowing hen (Proverb rhyme), 73 n.
Ann or Nan, 97, 217
As high as a castle, 108
As round as an apple, 107
Ass, chants on the, 193 ff.
B
Babbity Bowster (a game), 60
Babyland, 79 ff., 100, 217
Balalin, balalan (French knell), 212
Balanli, balanlau (French knell), 213
Ballads and rhymes, 44 ff,
Bells, 54, 56, 212, 213
Bird sacrifice, 185 ff.
Bishop, bishop, barnabee, 94
Blackbird, sacrificed and eaten, 189
Bless you, bless you, bonnie bee, 95
Boule, boule (French riddle), 107
Bryan o'Lin had no watch to put on, 53
Bufe (name of a dog), 88
Burdens and their origin, 29 [Pg 224]
Burnie bee, burnie bee, 94
Buy this of me (a game), 139
C
Can, caer, Killoré (Breton chant), 152
Can you make me a cambrick shirt?, 49
Chants of Numbers, 134 ff.
Chants of the Creed, 142 ff.
Chi è morto? (Italian knell), 213
Club Fist (a game), 127
Collections of English Nursery Rhymes, 11
Collections of foreign rhymes, 221
Come, and I will sing you (a chant), 159
Come, dance a jig, 33
Cotillon (a dance), 58, 216
Country dances, 57 ff.
Cuddy (bird and ass), 197
Cumulative pieces 115 ff.
Cushion Dance, 60, 216
Custom Rhymes, 89 ff.
D
Das Englein aufziehen (German game), 83
Das Haus vom hölzernen Mann (German piece), 124
Dépecer le merle (French chant), 188
Der har du det haus (Scandinavian piece), 122
Dic mihi quid unus (Latin chant), 145
Dicky (bird and ass), 197
Ding dong bell, 54
Dipping, custom of, 69
Doctor Sacheverel, 14
Dog, character in games, 80, 85
Dog sacrifice, 214
Dowdy cow, dowdy cow, 94
Drop handkerchief (a game), 87, 216
Dump (a game), 126
[Pg 225]
E
Early references to rhymes, 13 ff.
Echod me jodea (a Hebrew chant), 143
Eggs in religious belief, 104 ff.
Eight ships on the main, 140
Eight was the crooked straight (a chant), 161
Enfille aiguille (French dance), 56
Engelland (in German folk-lore), 84, 217
Es ist ein Baum (German piece), 125
Es ist etwas in meinem Haus (Swabian riddle), 108
Es kam eine Maus gegangen (German piece), 123
Es schickt der Herr (German piece), 125
F
Father Hubbard, 42
Fire, fire, says the town crier, 44
First appearance of rhymes in print, 1 ff.
Flieg, käfer, flieg (German rhyme), 100
Fly, ladybird, fly, 94
Frau Gode, Rose, Sole (German divinities), 81 ff.
Fuzzy-Muzzy chorus, 175
G
Gabriel hounds, 87, 165
God Almighty's colly cow, 95
Goldchäber flüg up (Swiss rhyme), 97
Gossen och Geten Näppa (Swedish piece), 130
Gowden bug, gowden bug, 93
Great A, little a, Bouncing B, 9
Great Lord Frog and Lady Mouse (a song), 31
Green grow the rushes, O (a chant), 158
Guid day now, bonnie Robin (a ballad), 192
H
Heathen chants of the Creed, 152 ff.
Hebrew chants, 119, 143
Hemp seed I set, 56
Here comes a woman from Babyland, 79 [Pg 226]
Herrgotspferdchen (German rhyme), 102
Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more, 113
Highty, tighty, paradighty, 113
Himmelsküchlein (German rhyme), 95
Hitty Pitty within the wall, 112
Hiuki and Bill (heathen divinities), 20
Hoddy doddy with a round body, 111
Hümpelken Pümpelken (German rhyme), 106
Humpty Dumpty (a drink), 109
Humpty Dumpty (a game), 110
Humpty Dumpty sate on the wall, 91, 105, 217, 219
Hunting the wren, 173 ff.
I
I had a little dog whose name was Buff, 88
I have a little dog and it won't bite you, 87
I'll sing you one, oh! (a song), 158, 160
I won't be my father's Jack, 22
Il sortait un rat (French piece), 123
In those twelve days, in those twelve days (a carol), 149
It was a frog in the well (a song), 29
J
Jack and Gill went up the hill, 20 ff., 215
Je suis pauvre (French game), 81
Jenny Wren fell sick, 203
Joan Saunderson (a dance), 59
John Ball shot them all, 15
Johnny Armstrong killed a calf, 15
Joy, health, love, and peace (a custom rhyme), 181
K
King, King Golloway, 94
King Stephen was a worthy king (a song), 17
Kiss in the ring (a game), 67
Kit and Kitterit and Kitterit's mother, 54
Kluge Else (German tale), 56 [Pg 227]
Kommt ein Tonn (German riddle), 109
L
L'alouette plumée (French chant), 188
La fourmiho e le pouzouil (French piece), 207
La golondrina y el pinzon (Spanish piece), 206
La premiere partie de la foi (French chant), 136
La purga y er piejo (Spanish piece), 207
La Soule (a French divinity), 77
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, 93
Lady cow, lady cow, fly and be gone, 93
Lady, lady landers, 94
Laughing, significance of, 80, 85
Laüschen und Flöhchen (German tale), 207
Lavender blue, fiddle faddle, 34
Le conjurateur et le loup (French piece), 131
Le merle a perdu le bec (French chant), 189
Le pied de bœuf (French game), 128
Le testament de l'âne (French chant), 193
Les dons de l'an (French game), 136
Lille Bulle (Scandinavian riddle), 106
Lillylow, lillylow, 113
Limping, significance of, 86
Little Dog, I call you (a game), 80, 85 ff., 216
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, 14, 65
Little Mary Ester, 64
Little Miss Mopsey, 64
Little Miss Muffet, 64, 90
Little Nancy Etticoat, 113
Little Polly Flinders, 64
Little Robin Redbreast sitting on a pole, 210
Little Tom Tacket, 64
Little Tom Tucker, 65
Lou pinson et l'alouseta (French chant), 206
Lucy Locket lost her pocket, 15
L'y a un loup (French chant), 131
[Pg 228]
M
Malisons, malisons, mair than tens, 204
Malt or millet, 131
Mäten ist ein Esel (German rhyme), 198
Martin (bird or ass), 198
Mister Chinnery then, 32
Mister Moffit is a very good man, 172 n.
Mjölnir or miller, 99
Mohammedan dialogue story, 165
Mother Bunch (a traditional name), 27, 56
Mother Goose (a traditional name), 3
Mother Hubbard, 38, 215
Mother Ross, 82
My father left me three acres of land, 49
My plaid awa' (a ballad), 46
N
Nan or Ann, 97, 217
Nin ziblus bec (Breton chant), 186
Nines, punishment by, 128
Nous la plumerons l'alouette (French chant), 188
O
O, where are you going, says Milder to Malder, 176
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, 18, 215
Old Mother Hubbard she went to the cupboard, 38, 42
One God, one baptism, and one faith (a poem), 149
One old Oxford oyster, 141
One, two, buckle my shoe, 162
One, two, three, four, five, 161
Our good Quane Bess, 17
P
Peter and Paul sat on the wall, 22
Peter Piper picked a peck, 141
Pinson et Cendrouille (French chant), 207
Plenty of ale to-night, my boys (a song), 160 [Pg 229]
Plumer le roitelet (French chant), 186
Pretty little girl of mine (a game), 67
Q
Qu'est-ce-qui est rond (French riddle), 108
Quién me dira (Spanish chant), 156
Quien s'ha muerto (Spanish knell), 214
R
Riddle-rhymes, 104 ff.
Robbin and Bobbin, two great belly'd men, 182
Robert Rowley rolled, 141
Robin and Richard were two pretty men, 183
Robin-a-Bobbin bent his bow, 183
Robin-the-Bobbin, the big-headed hen, 183
Roses are red, diddle, diddle, 33
Rowley, rowley, rattlebags, 141
S
Sacrificial hunting, 171 ff.
Sally Waters (a game), 62, 67 ff., 216
Salt, significance of, 85
Seven years' time reckoning, 51, 69 ff.
Si un cordonnier cordant (French rhyme), 142
Sing a song of sixpence, 190
Sing hey diddle diddle, 35
Sommervögele flueg aus (German rhyme), 96
Sprinkling the pan (a ceremonial act), 71
Stout (a traditional name), 55
Sul (a divinity), 75
T
Tam o' th' Lin and a' his bairns, 53
The birds' lamentation (a song), 202
The comic adventures of Mother Hubbard (a toy-book), 38 ff.
The courtship of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren (a toy-book), 205, 209 [Pg 230]
The death and burial of Cock Robin (a toy-book), 37, 210
The first day of Christmas (a game), 135
The gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog (a game), 37, 116, 138
The king sent his lady (a game), 135
The Lady of the Land (a game), 78 ff., 216
The Lady of the Mountain (a game), 67
The life and death of Jenny Wren (a toy-book), 202
The man in the moon drinks claret, 21
The old woman and her pig or kid, 119 ff.
The robin and the wren, 200 ff.
The robin redbreast and the wren, 201
The Robin's Testament (a song), 191 ff., 201
The tragic death of A, apple pie (a toy-book), 37
The twelve days of Christmas (a game), 134 ff.
The two grey cats, 54
The wife who expects to have a good name (a proverb), 86
The wren she lyes in care's bed (a song), 202
The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, 180
The Yule days (a game), 135
There lived a puddy in a well (a song), 30
There was a bonny blade (a song), 25
There was a frog lived in a well (a song), 32
There was a little man who woo'd, 24
There was a little man who had a little gun, 25
There was a little old woman, and she lived in a shoe, 41
There was a little woman as I've heard tell, 55
There was a wee wifie (a song), 26
There was an old woman tossed in a blanket (a song), 25
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, 100
There were two blackbirds, 22
This is the house that Jack built, 117 ff.
This ladyfly I take from the grass, 95
Three blind mice, 28, 29, 90
Tittymouse and Tattymouse (a cumulative story), 208 [Pg 231]
Tom Hickathrift (a chapbook), 99
Tommy Linn is a Scotchman born, 52, 215
Toy-books, 3, 36 ff., 202, 204
Twelve huntsmen, with horns and hounds, 139
U
Une femme qui siffle (French proverb), 73 n.
V
Voici la maison que Pierre a bâtie (a French piece), 123
W
Wallflowers (a game), 72 n.
We hunted the wren, 177
We will a' gae sing, boys (a chant), 157
We will go to the wood, 174
Wer is dod (German knell), 212
What care I how black I be, 28
What care I how fair she be (a song), 28
What though now opposed I be (a song), 28
What's in the cupboard? says Mr. Hubbard, 43
When a twister a twisting, 141
When Arthur first in court began, 17
When good King Arthur rul'd the land, 16
Where have you been to-day, Billy, my son?, 50
Whishin dance, 60
Whistle, daughter, whistle, 73
Who did kill Cock Robbin?, 210
Widdicote, widdicote (a riddle-rhyme), 114
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