Pop Goes the Weasel

The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Children&, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Folklore & Mythology
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Author: Albert Jack ISBN: 9781101162965
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: September 29, 2009
Imprint: TarcherPerigee Language: English
Author: Albert Jack
ISBN: 9781101162965
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: September 29, 2009
Imprint: TarcherPerigee
Language: English

From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants—a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.

Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn’t about the plague, then what is it really about?

This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them—from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom.

Read Albert Jack's posts on the Penguin Blog.

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From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants—a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.

Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn’t about the plague, then what is it really about?

This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them—from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom.

Read Albert Jack's posts on the Penguin Blog.

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