A Nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other parts of the world. Many nursery rhymes have been argued to have hidden, often sinister, meanings and origins.[1] Agatha Christie used nursery rhymes as title and plot device in several of her stories.
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- Fiddle-De-Dee - Murder is Easy
- Goosey Goosey Gander - N or M?
- Hickory Dickory Dock - Hickory Dickory Dock
- Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - How Does Your Garden Grow?
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- Sing a Song of Sixpence - Sing a Song of Sixpence, A Pocket Full of Rye, Four and Twenty Blackbirds
- Ten Little Indians - And Then There Were None
- There Was a Crooked Man - Crooked House
- This Little Piggy - Five Little Pigs
- Three Blind Mice - Three Blind Mice, The Mousetrap
Minor references[]
- Little Tommy Tucker - The Pale Horse