Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme
- ISBN-10
- 1592402178
- ISBN-13
- 9781592402175
- Category
- Humor
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Gotham
- Author
- Chris Roberts
Description
A history of the origins and meanings behind everyday nursery rhymes reveals the popular sport behind "Jack be Nimble," Humpty Dumpty's identity as a cannon mounted on the walls of a Colchester church, and "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary's" ties to the promiscuous court of Mary Queen of Scots. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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