Lear's limerick poem exudes the hilarity of a good duck joke, while being a funny nursery rhyme in one. Lear also wrote limericks set closer to home, like this one about Ryde, on the Isle of Wight ...

How the poem came about (it was a poem before it became a song and a nursery rhyme) is debated. As an adult, Mary recalled ...

When studying history, there’s so much to absorb that acronyms, songs or poems can be a welcome help ... Hidden away in the familiar lyrics of nursery rhymes, are tales of historical woe ...

That’s the incredible staying power of a nursery rhyme. From Ring-a-Ring to Rock-a-Bye, they’re not just hiding in the deeper recesses of your mind, it seems like humanity as a whole just can ...