Comparative Studies in Nursery RhymesEckenstein, Lina
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Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes
Eckenstein, Lina
Comparative literature; Nursery rhymes -- Bibliography; Nursery rhymes -- History and criticism
Cuddy (_bird and ass_), 197
Cumulative pieces 115, ff.
Cushion Dance, 60, 216
Custom Rhymes, 89 ff.
D
Das Englein aufziehen (_German game_), 83
Das Haus vom hölzernen Mann (_German piece_), 124
Dépecer le merle (_French chant_), 188
Der har du det haus (_Scandinavian piece_), 122
Dic mihi quid unus (_Latin chant_), 145
Dicky (_bird and ass_), 197
Ding dong bell, 54
Dipping, custom of, 69
Doctor Sacheverel, 14
Dog, character in games, 80, 85
Dog sacrifice, 214
Dowdy cow, dowdy cow, 94
Drop handkerchief (_a game_), 87, 216
Dump (_a game_), 126
E
Early references to rhymes, 13 ff.
Echod me jodea (_a Hebrew chant_), 143
Eggs in religious belief, 104 ff.
Eight ships on the main, 140
Eight was the crooked straight (_a chant_), 161
Enfille aiguille (_French dance_), 56
Engelland (_in German folk-lore_), 84, 217
Es ist ein Baum (_German piece_), 125
Es ist etwas in meinem Haus (_Swabian riddle_), 108
Es kam eine Maus gegangen (_German piece_), 123
Es schickt der Herr (_German piece_), 125
F
Father Hubbard, 42
Fire, fire, says the town crier, 44
First appearance of rhymes in print, 1 ff.
Flieg, käfer, flieg (_German rhyme_), 100
Fly, ladybird, fly, 94
Frau Gode, Rose, Sole (_German divinities_), 81 ff.
Fuzzy-Muzzy chorus, 175
G
Gabriel hounds, 87, 165
God Almighty's colly cow, 95
Goldchäber flüg up (_Swiss rhyme_), 97
Gossen och Geten Näppa (_Swedish piece_), 130
Gowden bug, gowden bug, 93
Great A, little a, Bouncing B, 9
Great Lord Frog and Lady Mouse (_a song_), 31
Green grow the rushes, O (_a chant_), 158
Guid day now, bonnie Robin (_a ballad_), 192
H
Heathen chants of the Creed, 152 ff.
Hebrew chants, 119, 143
Hemp seed I set, 56
Here comes a woman from Babyland, 79
Herrgotspferdchen (_German rhyme_), 102
Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more, 113
Highty, tighty, paradighty, 113
Himmelsküchlein (_German rhyme_), 95
Hitty Pitty within the wall, 112
Hiuki and Bill (_heathen divinities_), 20
Hoddy doddy with a round body, 111
Hümpelken Pümpelken (_German rhyme_), 106
Humpty Dumpty (_a drink_), 109
Humpty Dumpty (_a game_), 110
Humpty Dumpty sate on the wall, 91, 105, 217, 219
Hunting the wren, 173 ff.
I
I had a little dog whose name was Buff, 88
I have a little dog and it won't bite you, 87
I'll sing you one, oh! (_a song_), 158, 160
I won't be my father's Jack, 22
Il sortait un rat (_French piece_), 123
In those twelve days, in those twelve days (_a carol_), 149
It was a frog in the well (_a song_), 29
J
Jack and Gill went up the hill, 20 ff., 215
Je suis pauvre (_French game_), 81
Jenny Wren fell sick, 203
Joan Saunderson (_a dance_), 59
John Ball shot them all, 15
Johnny Armstrong killed a calf, 15
Joy, health, love, and peace (_a custom rhyme_), 181
K
King, King Golloway, 94
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