Project Gutenberg 2007-12-28 Public domain in the USA. 180 Green, Percy B. A History of Nursery Rhymes Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A History of Nursery Rhymes" by Percy B. Green is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the origins and evolution of nursery rhymes, tracing their roots from prehistoric times through various cultures and social contexts. It aims to uncover the significance of these rhymes within child development and folklore, reflecting on both archaic and modern traditions. The opening of the book introduces the reader to the prehistoric origins of language and communication, emphasizing the use of signs and sounds among early man. Green cites examples of primitive customs from various cultures, such as sign-language among the Uvinza people and the clapping of hands as a greeting. He draws parallels between ancient practices and modern nursery games and rhymes, suggesting that these playful traditions retain echoes of our distant past. By connecting ancient and contemporary society, the author sets the stage for a comprehensive exploration of how nursery rhymes have survived and evolved through time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Nursery rhymes -- History and criticism GR Text Children's Literature Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 268176 268189 2024-10-10T11:01:53.009394 2023-09-11T03:39:52.909946 text/html text/html 273564 2007-12-28T09:43:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 82598 2007-12-28T09:43:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 165690 2024-10-10T11:02:05.545326 application/epub+zip 166332 2024-10-10T11:01:57.657347 application/epub+zip 150263 2024-10-10T11:01:55.669356 application/epub+zip 347862 2024-10-10T11:02:10.213374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308858 2024-10-10T11:02:03.364347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262959 2022-09-11T08:14:44.623431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181992 2024-10-10T11:01:51.518408 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181849 2007-12-28T09:43:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 70128 2007-12-28T09:43:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 181810 2007-12-28T09:43:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69929 2007-12-28T09:43:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 181813 2007-12-28T09:43:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69876 2007-12-28T09:43:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22403 2024-10-10T11:02:10.376287 application/rdf+xml 13415 2024-10-10T11:01:56.251372 image/jpeg 3796 2024-10-10T11:01:55.958368 image/jpeg 151768 2024-10-10T11:01:53.032402 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog