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Pop goes the weasel : the secret meanings of nursery rhymes
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Pop goes the weasel : the secret meanings of nursery rhymes

Author: Albert Jack; Lara Carlini
Publisher: New York : Perigee, 2009.
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Examines the truth behind the meanings of popular nursery rhymes, identifying characters like Mary Quite Contrary, Georgie Porgie and Jack and Jill, and explores the events that inspired them, from Viking raids to slave smuggling.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Albert Jack; Lara Carlini
ISBN: 9780399535550 0399535551
OCLC Number: 311777583
Description: xv, 252 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Nursery rhymes --
Traditional songs and anthems.
Responsibility: Albert Jack ; illustrations by Lara Carlini.
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Examines the truth behind the meanings of popular nursery rhymes, identifying characters like Mary Quite Contrary, Georgie Porgie and Jack and Jill, and explores the events that inspired them, from Viking raids to slave smuggling.

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