In the history of nursery rhymes, hand claps and farms seem to be some of the most resonant aspects of the popular folky ditties. Here, in “Bingo Was His Name-O,” we have both.

If you're a parent, chances are you've sung some nursery rhymes to your little one hundreds of times. After all, all children have their favourites, and repeating rhymes and stories is great for ...

Before the nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble," jumping candlesticks was a form of sport-premonition, ... The name Jack, of course, is a simple placeholder, just a common male first name.

The Muffin Man - a 16th century horror story or simply an urban myth? Nonetheless, the true backstory to the nursery rhyme ...

The nursery rhyme “Frère Jacques,” also known as “Brother Jacques” or “Brother John” in English, tells the tale of a monk who is being summoned to ring the bells, which he seems not ...

British writer Tim Devlin tells FEMAIL why your favourite nursery rhyme probably doesn't mean what you think it does - and explains the true origins of the tunes you have sung all your life.

There are several variations to the nursery rhyme, as people have tweaked the verses over the years. You can find the most common lyrics to The Muffin Man song below: Oh, do you know the muffin ...

The sinister meaning behind the nursery rhyme 'it's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring' has been revealed - and people are claiming they're 'traumatised' upon realising ...

On TikTok, a UK-based content creator virally claims that the "Muffin Man" nursery rhyme is actually about a British baker named Fredrick Thomas Linwood, who allegedly killed a number of children ...

A TikToker from the UK revealed the secret meaning behind the popular "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring" nursery rhyme.