Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Mother Goose Day


Old Mother Goose,
When she wanted to wander,
Would ride through the air
On a very fine gander.

Jack's mother came in,
And caught the goose soon,
And mounting its back,
Flew up to the moon.

Today is Mother Goose Day, a holiday created in 1987 (according to the Mother Goose Society). This is the day to appreciate nursery rhymes and stories.


Who is this Mother Goose? It appears to be a term coined around the 1650's to represent poems like Jack Spat and stories like Mother Hubbard. The term does not represent any one author.


John Newberry promoted Mother Goose as a writer of children's rhymes when he adopted her name for a collection of traditional rhymes around 1765. However, the Mother Goose stories and rhymes are from a variety of sources and passed down in folklore fashion.

What is your favorite of these rhymes?

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