Likely originating in Germany around the 18th century, the classic children's rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" first appeared in English in 1881 when Kate Greenaway included it in her book "Mother Goose ...

In other words: a modern interpretation applied retroactively because ... According to the history of nursery rhymes, many of these verses evolved through oral tradition and only later got pinned down ...

Why would a group of hunters be mistaken for kidnappers in the first instance? A nursery rhyme played up in my head as I pondered over this. Only a very few of my agemates had the opportunity of ...