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Abstract

Nursery rhymes have been considered trifles until comparatively recent times and consequently were never taken too seriously. It has only been with the increased interest in the science of folk-lore that they have begun to attract attention and their true purpose and meaning discovered.

My curiosity about the origin of Mother Goose rhymes · came through a course taken in children's literature. I wrote a paper at that time on some of my findings and observations. This paper is an enlargement and updating of that project including more information from historical sources, a study of selected foreign editions and some remarks on the relevancy of Mother Goose today.

Year of Submission

1972

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Library Science

First Advisor

Mary Lou Mc Grew

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Date Original

12-13-1972

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