I've always thought there was something sinister about this nursery rhyme. Whenever I see a ladybird I think of its home on fire and its babies perishing. The rhyme is said to originate from the ...

We can recite them all: “Humpty Dumpty,” “Jack and Jill,” “Old King Cole,” “Little Miss Muffet,” etc. Yes, nursery rhymes. Even though we know the words to hundreds of them, we are unaware of their ...