3. “Humpty Dumpty” The main character of the little song, or nursery rhyme, is an egg named Humpty Dumpty. The song, which has origins in England, most likely began as a riddle.

The legacy of the ’60s, in our hearts, forever drawn. ... What the future would hold for the decade’s revolutionaries, though, will have to be the subject of other nursery rhymes.

That’s when the earliest nursery rhymes seem to date from, although the ‘golden age’ came later, in the 18th Century, when the canon of classics that we still hear today emerged and flourished.

Here she explores how nursery rhymes and the gruesome imagery disguised by jaunty rhythm and rhyme can shape our understanding of the adult world. There’s something dark in the nursery.

Some nursery rhymes also have actions – Wind the Bobbin Up, or Pat-a-Cake, for example - and these are great for improving motor skills. It’s easy to forget, ...