| This girl dreamt of her lost sheep bleating |
Little Bo Peep |
200 |
October 8, 2020 |
| Her cupboard bare, she went to the baker's to buy her dog bread |
Old Mother Hubbard |
400 |
October 8, 2020 |
| This guy is on a strict "no fat" diet; his wife is on a "no lean" diet |
Jack Sprat |
600 |
October 8, 2020 |
| This rhyming guy kissed the girls & made them cry |
Georgie Porgie |
800 |
October 8, 2020 |
| This fella was under a haystack, fast asleep |
Little Boy Blue |
1000 |
October 8, 2020 |
| No cash, no food for this "Simple" guy who meets a pieman |
Simple Simon |
200 |
January 7, 2019 |
| Watch out, this trio! The farmer's wife is coming after your tails with a knife |
the three blind mice |
400 |
January 7, 2019 |
| The old man is snoring, so this must be the current weather condition |
it\'s pouring |
600 |
January 7, 2019 |
| Talk about mother-in-law trouble: on the way to this town, I met a man with 7 wives |
St. Ives |
800 |
January 7, 2019 |
| That black sheep is pretty generous--he's got wool for the master, wool for the dame & for this kid, too |
the boy that lives down the lane (or the little boy who lives down the lane) |
1000 |
January 7, 2019 |
| "All the king's horses, and all the king's men" couldn't put him "together again" |
Humpty-Dumpty |
200 |
September 27, 2018 |
| This character, this character "fly away home. Your house is on fire and your children have gone" |
ladybird |
400 |
September 27, 2018 |
| "When" this transpires "the cradle will fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all" |
when the bough breaks |
600 |
September 27, 2018 |
| "Little girl, little girl, where have you been? Gathering roses to give to" her |
the queen |
800 |
September 27, 2018 |
| "There were once two cats from" this Irish town & "each thought that was one cat too many" |
Kilkenny |
1000 |
September 27, 2018 |
| It's the nursery rhyme that says, "the cow jumped over the Moon"; in the military it precedes "straight up the middle" |
"Hey Diddle Diddle" |
200 |
March 27, 2014 |
| Jack is urged to be nimble & quick, helping him do this |
jump over the candlestick |
400 |
March 27, 2014 |
| Little Jack Horner put his thumb in a Christmas pie & pulled out this fruit |
plum |
600 |
March 27, 2014 |
| Jack of Jack & Jill got his head patched with these 2 things |
vinegar & brown paper |
800 |
March 27, 2014 |
| "Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has" this |
far to go |
1000 |
March 27, 2014 |
| Peter, Peter was an eater of this; he kept his wife in its shell |
pumpkin |
200 |
January 19, 2012 |
| "I had a little hobby-horse and it was dapple gray; its head was made of pea-straw, its tail was made of" this |
hay |
400 |
January 19, 2012 |
| In a counting nursery rhyme, they were "a-courting", "in the kitchen" & "a-waiting" |
maids |
600 |
January 19, 2012 |
| While "January brings the snow", "May brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams" |
lambs |
800 |
January 19, 2012 |
| "Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning" |
the mulberry bush |
1000 |
January 19, 2012 |
| He "was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he" |
Old King Cole |
200 |
May 18, 2011 |
| He said, "What a good boy am I!"--if he's so good, why was he in the corner? |
(Little Jack) Horner |
400 |
May 18, 2011 |
| "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over" this |
the candlestick |
600 |
May 18, 2011 |
| Mary, Mary who grows silver bells in her garden is quite this, opposite in position or character |
contrary |
800 |
May 18, 2011 |
| This little guy "runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown" |
Wee Willie Winkie |
1000 |
May 18, 2011 |
| Illustrators often showed her sitting on a 3-legged stool as there was no such thing as a tuffet |
Miss Muffet |
200 |
October 11, 2004 |
| It's what Mary's little lamb did even though it was against the rules |
followed her to school one day |
400 |
October 11, 2004 |
| She went to the baker's to buy her dog some bread; "when she came back the poor dog was dead" |
Old Mother Hubbard |
600 |
October 11, 2004 |
| "Ding, dong, bell, the cat is in the well! Who put her in?" This "Little" guy |
Little Johnny Green |
800 |
October 11, 2004 |
| Simple Simon thought he could not fail to catch this because he had "a little salt to put upon his tail" |
a bird |
1000 |
October 11, 2004 |
| Rowley Powley seems to be an early aka for this kiss & run guy |
Georgie Porgie |
200 |
September 29, 2003 |
| Dame Dob whipped her for causing Jack's disaster |
Jill |
400 |
September 29, 2003 |
| She's the subject who sat for the John Everett Millais painting seen here |
Little Miss Muffet |
600 |
September 29, 2003 |
| "And so the teacher turned" it "out, but still it lingered near" |
Mary\'s little lamb |
800 |
September 29, 2003 |
| Town on the Cornish coast a traveler was heading to when he met a man with 7 wives |
St. Ives |
1000 |
September 29, 2003 |
| It's what "Peter Piper picked a peck of" |
pickled peppers |
200 |
January 29, 2002 |
| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Mother Goose statue in New York.) In a famous Mother Goose rhyme, this little boy gets his head patched up with vinegar and brown paper |
Jack |
400 |
January 29, 2002 |
| She's the gardening aficionado described as "quite contrary" |
Mary, Mary |
600 |
January 29, 2002 |
| Tom, Tom, the piper's son, stole this & away he run! |
pig |
800 |
January 29, 2002 |
| He's the nursery rhyme character who has "gone to sea" with "silver buckles on his knee" |
Bobby Shafto |
1000 |
January 29, 2002 |
| Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch this poor creature a bone |
Her dog |
100 |
July 17, 2000 |
| It's the precarious location of the Rock-a-bye Baby's cradle |
In the tree top |
200 |
July 17, 2000 |
| Jack, of Jack & Jill, had his head patched with this & brown paper |
Vinegar |
300 |
July 17, 2000 |
| He indulged in self-congratulation after using his pollex to extract a fruit from a baked food |
Little Jack Horner |
400 |
July 17, 2000 |
| In a popular rhyme, "I had a little" one of these & "his name was Dapple-Gray" |
Pony |
500 |
July 17, 2000 |
| This piper's son "learnt to play when he was young" |
Tom |
100 |
April 5, 1999 |
| Some believe that these 2 pail fetchers actually represent Cardinal Wolsey & Bishop Tarbes |
Jack & Jill |
200 |
April 5, 1999 |
| "Betwixt them both, they lick'd the platter clean" |
Jack Sprat & his wife |
300 |
April 5, 1999 |
| Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater put his wife here "and there he kept her very well" |
Pumpkin shell |
100 |
April 14, 1997 |
| He told the pieman, "Let me taste your ware" |
Simple Simon |
200 |
April 14, 1997 |
| They were the "Three Men In A Tub" |
The butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker |
300 |
April 14, 1997 |
| "There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, he found" this "beside a crooked stile" |
Crooked sixpence |
400 |
April 14, 1997 |
| This insect saw Cock Robin die, "With my little eye, I saw him die" |
The Fly |
500 |
April 14, 1997 |
| He had to show the pieman his money before he could take a taste test |
Simple Simon |
100 |
March 28, 1996 |
| He didn't kiss & tell, he kissed & ran |
Georgie Porgie |
200 |
March 28, 1996 |
| He's been quoted as saying, "What a good boy am I" |
Little Jack Horner |
300 |
March 28, 1996 |
| The rhyme says he's responsible for the sheep; you can only infer he's in charge of the cows, too |
Little Boy Blue |
400 |
March 28, 1996 |
| A cat killed the rat that ate the malt in his house |
"The House That Jack Built" |
500 |
March 28, 1996 |
| This pudding & pie guy kissed the girls & made them cry |
Georgie Porgie |
100 |
January 26, 1996 |
| Its second verse begins, "Every fiddler, he had a fiddle and a very fine fiddle had he" |
Old King Cole |
200 |
January 26, 1996 |
| The Knave of Hearts brought these back & vowed he'd steal no more |
tarts |
300 |
January 26, 1996 |
| He's fair, fat & blond & went to sea with silver buckles at his knee |
Little Bobby Shafto |
500 |
January 26, 1996 |
| The 2 numbers associated with the following: [Pick-up Sticks fall] |
5, 6 |
|
January 26, 1996 |
| Gardener Mary, Mary was described as "quite" this |
contrary |
100 |
September 6, 1995 |
| In one version, "Threescore men, and threescore more, cannot place" him "as he was before" |
Humpty Dumpty |
200 |
September 6, 1995 |
| One rhyme claims he had a pig that was not very lean & not very fat |
Jack Sprat |
300 |
September 6, 1995 |
| Barnyard cry that precedes "My dame has lost her shoe" |
cock-a-doodle-doo |
400 |
September 6, 1995 |
| "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, please to put a penny in" here |
old man\'s hat |
500 |
September 6, 1995 |
| Color of the wool held for the little boy who lives down the lane |
black |
100 |
November 29, 1994 |
| The animal musician in "Hey, Diddle, Diddle" |
the cat |
200 |
November 29, 1994 |
| Dapple Gray is this type of animal |
a horse |
300 |
November 29, 1994 |
| Weather request couplet that precedes "Little Johnny wants to play" |
Rain, rain, go away/Come again another day (Rain, rain, go away/Come again some other day accepted) |
400 |
November 29, 1994 |
| Jack Lemmon comedy title included in the "Pease Porridge" rhyme |
<i>Some Like It Hot</i> |
500 |
November 29, 1994 |
| He was "a merry old soul" |
Old King Cole |
100 |
November 3, 1993 |
| Do this on Monday, you do it for danger, do it on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger; gesundheit! |
sneeze |
200 |
November 3, 1993 |
| This nursery rhyme character sings for his supper |
Little Tommy Tucker |
300 |
November 3, 1993 |
| Betty Botter bought a batch of this spread but it was better |
butter |
400 |
November 3, 1993 |
| He "had another, and didn't love her; (He) learned to read and spell, and then he loved her very well" |
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater |
500 |
November 3, 1993 |
| It's the question asked of âBaa, Baa, Black Sheepâ |
Have you any wool? |
100 |
July 5, 1993 |
| He said to the pieman, âLet me taste your wareâ |
Simple Simon |
200 |
July 5, 1993 |
| âHickety, pickety, my black hen,â she does this âfor gentlemenâ |
lays eggs |
300 |
July 5, 1993 |
| âSee-sawâ, this girl âsold her bed and lay on the strawâ |
Marjorie Daw |
400 |
July 5, 1993 |
| The 2 items little Tom Tucker eats for his supper |
bread & butter |
500 |
July 5, 1993 |
| It's the line that precedes "Baker's man, bake me a cake as fast as you can" |
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake |
100 |
May 7, 1993 |
| "Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot, nine days old" |
pease porridge |
200 |
May 7, 1993 |
| At the end of "Hey, diddle, diddle", this pair runs off together |
dish & the spoon |
300 |
May 7, 1993 |
| The one Lucy Locket lost had "nothing in it, but the binding round it" |
her pocket |
400 |
May 7, 1993 |
| He rapped at the window & cried through the lock, "Are the children all in bed? For now it's 8 o'clock" |
Wee Willie Winkie |
500 |
May 7, 1993 |
| This "piper's son, stole a pig and away he run" |
Tom |
100 |
November 24, 1992 |
| "When the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie" did this |
ran away |
200 |
November 24, 1992 |
| 2-word phrase that describes Peter, who "had a wife and couldn't keep her" |
pumpkin eater |
300 |
November 24, 1992 |
| Line following "Up and down the city road, In and out the Eagle, That's the way the money goes..." |
Pop goes the weasel! |
400 |
November 24, 1992 |
| The old woman who lived in a shoe gave her children "some broth without any" of this |
bread |
500 |
November 24, 1992 |
| Georgie Porgie did this & made the girls cry |
kiss the girls |
100 |
May 11, 1992 |
| "Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in" this |
his nightgown |
200 |
May 11, 1992 |
| She "dreamed she heard" her animals "bleating" but "they all were fleeting" |
Little Bo Peep |
300 |
May 11, 1992 |
| When riding to Banbury Cross, you'll see a fine lady with rings on her fingers & these on her toes |
bells |
400 |
May 11, 1992 |
| The Muffin Man lives there |
Drury Lane |
500 |
May 11, 1992 |
| They're made of "sugar and spice, and everything nice" |
little girls |
100 |
January 24, 1992 |
| With his "bow and arrow" the sparrow killed this character |
Cock Robin |
200 |
January 24, 1992 |
| "Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea" with these items "on his knee" |
silver buckles |
300 |
January 24, 1992 |
| After "Polly put the kettle on", she took it off |
Sukey |
400 |
January 24, 1992 |
| She "sat among the cinders warming her pretty little toes" |
Little Polly Flinders |
500 |
January 24, 1992 |
| "There was a farmer had a dog", and this "was his name" |
Bingo |
100 |
February 20, 1991 |
| "Cock a doodle doo! My dame has lost" one of these |
her shoe |
200 |
February 20, 1991 |
| "A-tisket, a-tasket", they're the colors of my basket |
green & yellow |
300 |
February 20, 1991 |
| "A Child's Garden of Verses" grew out of the fertile imagination of this "Treasure Island" author |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
500 |
February 20, 1991 |
| The only 1 of the 3 men in a tub who didn't work with food |
the candlestick maker |
|
February 20, 1991 |
| A man by this name wears whiskers on his chinnegan |
Michael Finnegan |
100 |
February 2, 1990 |
| Higgledy piggledy; it's the color of the hen that lays eggs for gentlemen |
black |
200 |
February 2, 1990 |
| We'll have tea if she puts the kettle on |
Polly |
300 |
February 2, 1990 |
| Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to... uh-oh |
chop off your head |
400 |
February 2, 1990 |
| "Betwixt", a word you don't often run into, is in line 3 of the rhyme about this man & his eating habits |
Jack Sprat ("could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean") |
500 |
February 2, 1990 |
| Since she had a bare cupboard, hers certainly wasn't a lucky dog, lucky dog |
Old Mother Hubbard |
100 |
September 26, 1989 |
| Precarious position of the bough-borne cradle |
up in the treetop |
200 |
September 26, 1989 |
| "See-saw, Margery Daw," he "shall have a new master" |
Jacky |
300 |
September 26, 1989 |
| A 2nd verse to this rhyme begins "Every fiddler he had a fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he" |
"Old King Cole" |
400 |
September 26, 1989 |
| In this rhyme, a parent bemoans the fact her child has gone to bed with stockings & 1 shoe on |
"Diddle Diddle Dumpling" |
500 |
September 26, 1989 |
| Her garden had "pretty maids all in a row" |
Mary (Mary, Quite Contrary) |
100 |
February 23, 1989 |
| "The farmer's wife...cut off their tails with a carving knife" |
"Three Blind Mice" |
200 |
February 23, 1989 |
| "Sugar & spice & everything nice" |
what little girls are made of |
300 |
February 23, 1989 |
| "Little Jack Horner sat in the corner eating" this |
his Christmas pie |
400 |
February 23, 1989 |
| When this girl "lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it" |
Lucy Locket |
500 |
February 23, 1989 |
| One went to market, one stayed home, one had roast beef, one had none & one cried "Wee, wee, wee" |
little pigs |
100 |
June 21, 1988 |
| They ate their pie with their mittens on |
Three Little Kittens |
200 |
June 21, 1988 |
| Reposing on a low stool, she imbibed coagulated milk |
Little Miss Muffet |
300 |
June 21, 1988 |
| Though he ate like a slob, he nonetheless concluded, "What a good boy am I" |
Little Jack Horner |
400 |
June 21, 1988 |
| In the 2nd verse, she "fell fast asleep & dreamt she heard them bleating" but "they were still a-fleeting" |
Little Bo Peep |
500 |
June 21, 1988 |
| Along with "all", these 2 objects fall when the bough breaks |
baby & cradle |
100 |
April 20, 1988 |
| British children chant this is "broken down", not "falling down" |
"London Bridge" |
200 |
April 20, 1988 |
| After the notorious pie incident, Simple Simon went fishing to catch this mammal |
whale |
300 |
April 20, 1988 |
| "See-saw Margery Daw, sold her bed & lay upon" this |
straw |
400 |
April 20, 1988 |
| Dr. Foster stepped in a puddle up to his middle & never went to this British city again |
Gloucester |
500 |
April 20, 1988 |
| The 1st color mentioned in "Mary Had a Little Lamb" |
white |
100 |
April 1, 1988 |
| In "This Little Piggy Went to Market", it's what the little pig cried all the way home |
"Wee wee wee" |
200 |
April 1, 1988 |
| Tasty treat given to the 3 little kittens after they found their mittens |
pie |
300 |
April 1, 1988 |
| "30 white horses on a white hill; now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still" refers to these |
teeth |
500 |
April 1, 1988 |
| The 2 animals mentioned in "Little Boy Blue" |
sheep & cows |
|
April 1, 1988 |
| Jack Horner sat in his corner & ate a pie associated with this holiday |
Christmas |
100 |
March 7, 1988 |
| "The pig was eat &" he "was beat" |
Tom Tom the Piper\'s Son |
200 |
March 7, 1988 |
| Of "curd", "cockle", or "contrary", word not mentioned in "Mary, Mary" |
curd |
300 |
March 7, 1988 |
| Name of a piece of playground equipment, or the phrase preceding "Margery Daw" |
see-saw |
400 |
March 7, 1988 |
| Last word in the rhyme which begins "There was a little girl..." |
horrid |
500 |
March 7, 1988 |
| If you "Sing a Song of Sixpence", you'll get "a pocket full of" this |
rye |
100 |
February 8, 1988 |
| Last word in the rhyme whose 3 lines each start with "Jack" |
candlestick |
200 |
February 8, 1988 |
| According to the rhyme, it's when Georgie Porgie made tracks |
when the boys came out to play |
300 |
February 8, 1988 |
| Riding a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, you'll see a lady with these on her fingers & these on her toes |
rings on her fingers & bells on her toes |
400 |
February 8, 1988 |
| "Little-eyed" 6-legged witness who saw Cock Robin die |
the fly |
500 |
February 8, 1988 |
| Among his many adventures, Simple Simon went to catch a bird by putting this on its tail |
salt |
100 |
May 20, 1987 |
| "Bye, baby bunting, daddy's gone a-hunting, gone to get" this "to wrap the baby bunting in" |
rabbit\'s skin |
200 |
May 20, 1987 |
| Last line of "There was an old woman lived under the hill, & if she's not gone..." |
she\'s there still (She lives there still) |
300 |
May 20, 1987 |
| In "Ding, Dong, Bell", Little Johnny Green put pussy in the well, but this boy pulled her out |
Little Tommy Stout |
400 |
May 20, 1987 |
| Where "the Muffin Man" lives |
Drury Lane |
500 |
May 20, 1987 |
| It scared Miss Muffet off her tuffet |
spider |
100 |
April 30, 1987 |
| In "The Queen of Hearts" the King of Hearts beat him "full sore" |
Knave of Hearts |
200 |
April 30, 1987 |
| In some southern versions, the 3rd little pig doesn't get roast beef but these pig innards |
chitlins |
300 |
April 30, 1987 |
| It's where the crooked man who went a crooked mile found a crooked sixpence |
against a crooked stile |
400 |
April 30, 1987 |
| Perhaps Little Tommy Tucker's voice wasn't that great, since all he got for supper was this |
white bread & butter |
500 |
April 30, 1987 |
| Another version has him asleep under a haycock |
Little Boy Blue |
100 |
April 7, 1987 |
| While the rhyme doesn't mention summer, winter, or spring, it does say he "had a great fall" |
Humpty Dumpty |
200 |
April 7, 1987 |
| With "rings on her fingers & bells on her toes, she shall have" this "wherever she goes" |
music |
100 |
January 15, 1987 |
| He "kissed the girls & made them cry," but "when the boys came out to play," he ran away |
Georgie Porgie |
200 |
January 15, 1987 |
| After "Jack fell down & broke his crown", he "went to bed to mend his head" using brown paper & this liquid |
vinegar |
300 |
January 15, 1987 |
| "With silver bells, & cockle shells, & pretty maids all in a row" |
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary how does you garden grow? |
400 |
January 15, 1987 |
| One theory says "Ring-A-Ring-A-Roses" refers to this medieval disaster |
plague (black death) |
500 |
January 15, 1987 |
| What little Tommy Tucker did for his supper |
sing |
100 |
February 4, 1986 |
| In "The Queen of Hearts", he stole the tarts |
the Knave (of Hearts) |
200 |
February 4, 1986 |
| What Little Bo Peep's sheep will do if left alone |
come home |
300 |
February 4, 1986 |
| The 3 things growing in "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary's" garden |
cockleshells and silver bells and pretty maids all in a row |
400 |
February 4, 1986 |
| In "This little pig went to market", it's what the only pig that ate pigged out on |
roast beef |
500 |
February 4, 1986 |
| When 1st told, it was Hjuki & Bil who carried the pail of water |
"Jack and Jill" |
100 |
December 25, 1985 |
| About 1820, one reputedly followed Mary Sawyer to the Redstone School House in Massachusetts |
a little lamb |
200 |
December 25, 1985 |
| At the Mad Tea Party, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" became "Twinkle, Twinkle..." this flying animal |
bat |
300 |
December 25, 1985 |
| "Diddle diddle, dumpling, my son John" went to bed with one of these on |
shoe |
400 |
December 25, 1985 |
| When the Queen of Hearts made her tarts |
on a summer\'s day |
500 |
December 25, 1985 |
| Where you are when you "open the door & see all the people" |
the church |
100 |
November 21, 1985 |
| In England, "the merriest month in all the year" |
May |
200 |
November 21, 1985 |
| Colchester, England was named for this legendary Celtic king immortalized in rhyme |
Old King Cole |
300 |
November 21, 1985 |
| "Rub a dub dub", these 3 went to sea in a tub |
the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker |
400 |
November 21, 1985 |
| After turning around, what "Teddy bear, teddy bear" does |
touches the ground |
500 |
November 21, 1985 |
| Hurdler who was nimble & quick |
Jack |
100 |
October 2, 1985 |
| What Little Tommy Tucker vocalizes for |
his supper |
200 |
October 2, 1985 |
| Her dog dies in the 2nd verse, probably from malnutrition |
Old Mother Hubbard |
300 |
October 2, 1985 |
| They cost "one-a-penny, two-a-penny" |
hot cross buns |
400 |
October 2, 1985 |
| Product reserved in bags for the master, the dame, & the little boy |
wool |
500 |
October 2, 1985 |
| Where the crooked man, the crooked cat, & the crooked mouse all lived |
in a little crooked house |
100 |
December 6, 1984 |
| He killed Cock Robin |
the sparrow |
200 |
December 6, 1984 |
| His kisses drove girls to tears |
Georgie Porgie |
300 |
December 6, 1984 |
| At the count of 7, all good children go there |
heaven |
400 |
December 6, 1984 |
| Mother Goose's mode of transportation |
a goose (or gander) |
500 |
December 6, 1984 |