Origins of Rhymes , Songs and Sayings, by Jean Harrowven

A very scarce book on the subject who or what was Humpty Dumpty? How old is Old King Cole ? Why did Miss Muffet sit on a Tuffet ? who wrote POP goes the Weasel? & lots more tongue twisters ryhmes, Lullabies, proverbs etc all part of our tradition , find out how why & when they originated.