Popular Rhymes and Nursery TalesPRESTON.Reading editionChapter navigation183 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…POPULAR RHYMES AND NURSERY TALES.PREFACE.I.—NURSERY ANTIQUITIES.II.—FIRESIDE NURSERY STORIES.TEENY-TINY.THE STORY OF MR. VINEGAR.THE STORY OF CHICKEN-LICKEN.THE MISER AND HIS WIFE.THE THREE QUESTIONS.THE CAT AND THE MOUSE.THE PRINCESS OF CANTERBURY.LAZY JACK.THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL.THE MAIDEN AND THE FROG.THE STORY OF MR. FOX.THE OXFORD STUDENT.JACK HORNBY.MALLY DIXON AND KNURRE-MURRE.THE BULL OF NORROWAY.PUSS IN BOOTS.JACK AND THE GIANTS.TOM HICKATHRIFT.TOM THUMB.III.—GAME-RHYMES.TOE-GAMES.THE FIVE FINGERS.FACE-SONGS.KNEE-SONGS.BO-PEEP.MISCELLANEOUS PUERILE AMUSEMENTS.SEE-SAW.HITTY-TITTY.BEANS AND BUTTER.DROP-CAP.MY SOW HAS PIGGED.NIDDY-NODDY.SLATE GAMES.GAME OF THE CAT.HANDY-DANDY.BARLEY-BRIDGE.THE TOWN LOVERS.MARY BROWN. FAIR GUNDELA.MY DAUGHTER JANE.HEWLEY-PULEY.THE DIAMOND RING.THE POOR SOLDIER.THE BRAMBLE-BUSH.THE GAME OF DUMP.DANCING LOOBY.DROP-GLOVE.NETTLES GROW IN AN ANGRY BUSH.GAME OF THE GIPSY.GAME OF THE FOX.THE OLD DAME.THE POOR WOMAN OF BABYLON.QUEEN ANNE.COUNTING-OUT RHYMES.IV.—ALPHABET RHYMES.A. APPLE-PIE.V.—RIDDLE-RHYMES.THE FOUR SISTERS.THE DEMANDS JOYOUS.VI.—NATURE-SONGS.THE RAINBOW.WEATHER-RHYMES.SNOW.THE WIND.THE MOON.THE CUCKOO.THE ROBIN AND THE WREN.THE OWL.MAGPIES.WHO KILL'D COCK ROBIN.CROWS.PIGEONS.LAPWING AND RINGDOVE.THE WOOD-PIGEON.DOMESTIC POULTRY.DRAGON-FLIES.THE SNAIL.APPLES.THE WALNUT-TREE.THE ASH.PEAS.PIMPERNELL.MARUM.BIRD-SHOOER'S SONG.THE GNAT.THE TROUT.TOBACCO.JACK-A-DANDY.VII.—PROVERB-RHYMES.TIT FOR TAT.LAZY LAWRENCE.VIII.—PLACES AND FAMILIES.ELTON.NOEL.COLLINGWOOD.THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON.FELTON.SIR RALPH ASHTON.PRESTON.LANCASHIRE.LEYLAND.HUGH OF LINCOLN.CUCKSTONE.SAINT LEVAN.ROLLRIGHT.HAMPDEN.RIBCHESTER.HAWLEY.GOTHAM.BUCKLAND.COLEBROOK.GILLING.SHREWSBURY.JACK ROBINSON.WRANGHAM.LEICESTERSHIRE.BROCKLEY-HILL.STANTON DREW.SEVERN.SHERSTON MAGNA.NORTH ACRE.BELLASIS.KELLOE.ROSEBERRY-TOPPING.LINCOLN.SKIDDAW.INGLEBOROUGH.THE KIRBY FEIGHT.THORNTON.ISLE OF MAN.EARSDON.IX.—SUPERSTITION-RHYMES.CHARM-RHYMES.BUCKEE BENE.THE OX.LOVE DIVINATIONS.ST. AGNES' NIGHT.KALE.BALL-DIVINATION.THE EVEN-ASH.DOCK.THE YARROW.VERVAIN.FINGER-NAILS.DAYS OF BIRTH.COLOURS.THE MAN IN THE MOON.X.—CUSTOM-RHYMES.CHRISTMAS.CHRISTMAS MUMMERS' PLAY.NEW YEAR'S DAY.TWELFTH-NIGHT.CATHERNING.VALENTINE'S DAY.YOULING.BOY'S BAILIFF.PACE-EGGING.COLLOP-MONDAY.ISLE OF WIGHT SHROVERS.EASTER-GLOVES.LENT-CROCKING.CARE-SUNDAY.APRIL-FOOL-DAY.MAY-DAY.HARVEST-HOME.THE BARLEY MOW.ALL-SOULS' DAY.FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.BARBERS' FORFEITS.COCKLE-BREAD.A DRINKING CUSTOM.XI.—NURSERY-SONGS.BILLY, MY SON.MY COCK LILY-COCK.JACK SPRAT.DABBLING IN THE DEW.HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE!TOMMY LINN.THE BEGGARS OF RATCLIFFE FAIR.CONCLUSION.Previous chapter ←SIR RALPH ASHTON.Next chapter →LANCASHIRE.All chapters and sections (183)POPULAR RHYMES AND NURSERY TALES.PREFACE.I.—NURSERY ANTIQUITIES.II.—FIRESIDE NURSERY STORIES.TEENY-TINY.THE STORY OF MR. VINEGAR.THE STORY OF CHICKEN-LICKEN.THE MISER AND HIS WIFE.THE THREE QUESTIONS.THE CAT AND THE MOUSE.THE PRINCESS OF CANTERBURY.LAZY JACK.THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL.THE MAIDEN AND THE FROG.THE STORY OF MR. FOX.THE OXFORD STUDENT.JACK HORNBY.MALLY DIXON AND KNURRE-MURRE.THE BULL OF NORROWAY.PUSS IN BOOTS.JACK AND THE GIANTS.TOM HICKATHRIFT.TOM THUMB.III.—GAME-RHYMES.TOE-GAMES.THE FIVE FINGERS.FACE-SONGS.KNEE-SONGS.BO-PEEP.MISCELLANEOUS PUERILE AMUSEMENTS.SEE-SAW.HITTY-TITTY.BEANS AND BUTTER.DROP-CAP.MY SOW HAS PIGGED.NIDDY-NODDY.SLATE GAMES.GAME OF THE CAT.HANDY-DANDY.BARLEY-BRIDGE.THE TOWN LOVERS.MARY BROWN. FAIR GUNDELA.MY DAUGHTER JANE.HEWLEY-PULEY.THE DIAMOND RING.THE POOR SOLDIER.THE BRAMBLE-BUSH.THE GAME OF DUMP.DANCING LOOBY.DROP-GLOVE.NETTLES GROW IN AN ANGRY BUSH.GAME OF THE GIPSY.GAME OF THE FOX.THE OLD DAME.THE POOR WOMAN OF BABYLON.QUEEN ANNE.COUNTING-OUT RHYMES.IV.—ALPHABET RHYMES.A. APPLE-PIE.V.—RIDDLE-RHYMES.THE FOUR SISTERS.THE DEMANDS JOYOUS.VI.—NATURE-SONGS.THE RAINBOW.WEATHER-RHYMES.SNOW.THE WIND.THE MOON.THE CUCKOO.THE ROBIN AND THE WREN.THE OWL.MAGPIES.WHO KILL'D COCK ROBIN.CROWS.PIGEONS.LAPWING AND RINGDOVE.THE WOOD-PIGEON.DOMESTIC POULTRY.DRAGON-FLIES.THE SNAIL.APPLES.THE WALNUT-TREE.THE ASH.PEAS.PIMPERNELL.MARUM.BIRD-SHOOER'S SONG.THE GNAT.THE TROUT.TOBACCO.JACK-A-DANDY.VII.—PROVERB-RHYMES.TIT FOR TAT.LAZY LAWRENCE.VIII.—PLACES AND FAMILIES.ELTON.NOEL.COLLINGWOOD.THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON.FELTON.SIR RALPH ASHTON.PRESTON.LANCASHIRE.LEYLAND.HUGH OF LINCOLN.CUCKSTONE.SAINT LEVAN.ROLLRIGHT.HAMPDEN.RIBCHESTER.HAWLEY.GOTHAM.BUCKLAND.COLEBROOK.GILLING.SHREWSBURY.JACK ROBINSON.WRANGHAM.LEICESTERSHIRE.BROCKLEY-HILL.STANTON DREW.SEVERN.SHERSTON MAGNA.NORTH ACRE.BELLASIS.KELLOE.ROSEBERRY-TOPPING.LINCOLN.SKIDDAW.INGLEBOROUGH.THE KIRBY FEIGHT.THORNTON.ISLE OF MAN.EARSDON.IX.—SUPERSTITION-RHYMES.CHARM-RHYMES.BUCKEE BENE.THE OX.LOVE DIVINATIONS.ST. AGNES' NIGHT.KALE.BALL-DIVINATION.THE EVEN-ASH.DOCK.THE YARROW.VERVAIN.FINGER-NAILS.DAYS OF BIRTH.COLOURS.THE MAN IN THE MOON.X.—CUSTOM-RHYMES.CHRISTMAS.CHRISTMAS MUMMERS' PLAY.NEW YEAR'S DAY.TWELFTH-NIGHT.CATHERNING.VALENTINE'S DAY.YOULING.BOY'S BAILIFF.PACE-EGGING.COLLOP-MONDAY.ISLE OF WIGHT SHROVERS.EASTER-GLOVES.LENT-CROCKING.CARE-SUNDAY.APRIL-FOOL-DAY.MAY-DAY.HARVEST-HOME.THE BARLEY MOW.ALL-SOULS' DAY.FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.BARBERS' FORFEITS.COCKLE-BREAD.A DRINKING CUSTOM.XI.—NURSERY-SONGS.BILLY, MY SON.MY COCK LILY-COCK.JACK SPRAT.DABBLING IN THE DEW.HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE!TOMMY LINN.THE BEGGARS OF RATCLIFFE FAIR.CONCLUSION.PRESTON.Proud Preston, poor people,◇Fine church, and no steeple.◇← SIR RALPH ASHTON.LANCASHIRE. →