Mother Goose

Mother Goose
Mother Goose Mother Goose n. The supposed author of a book of nursery rhymes first published as ``Mother Goose's Melodies,'' and usually called simply ``Mother Goose.'' The first English edition is said to have been printed in 1719 in London. The actual persons who composed the rhymes is unknown, and earlier similar rhymes in French are a likely source for some of them. Mother Goose is also used as the title of a book of Mother Goose rhymes. [PJC]

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  • Mother Goose —    In mid 17th century France, the phrase contes de ma mere l oye meant fairytales , and in 1697 it appeared on the frontispiece of Charles *Perrault s Contes du Temps Passe; when these were printed in English from 1729 onwards, they were… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

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