Check out this list of children’s nursery rhymes and the stories behind them.

A number of nursery rhymes purport to be historical retellings of actual events. But one very famous verse doesn't match up with the tale we're told. Dr Karl is finding the reason behind the rhyme.

OXFORD — Generations grew up with the “sticks and stones” rhyme. You know, the one that ends, “but words can never hurt me.” Increasingly, it’s fallen out of fashion. Learned people, scholars at ...

It’s almost always a pleasure to hear a little child recite a rhyme. The baby voice, the lisp and the words sometimes in order, sometimes jumbled, make for a rather charming experience. This belief ...