• A book rhyme is a short poem or rhyme that was formerly printed inside the front of a book or on the flyleaf to discourage theft (similar to a book curse)...
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  • Rhyme book may refer to: Rhyme Book, an album by rapper Scribe Rime dictionary, a type of dictionary in ancient China slang for books that musicians keep...
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    popular rhymes date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The first English collections, Tommy Thumb's Song Book and a sequel, Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, were...
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  • A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually the exact same phonemes) in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more...
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  • to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other. An example of the ABAB rhyming scheme, from "To Anthea...
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  • The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names...
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    One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (category Counting-out rhymes)
    Two, Buckle My Shoe" is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme of which there are early occurrences in the US and UK. It has...
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    "One for Sorrow" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen tells if one will...
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  • Rhyme Book is the second studio album by New Zealand rapper Scribe. It follows on from his 2003 award-winning album, The Crusader. It was released on 29...
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    Kolkata, published a rhyming book containing colorful pictures for children called 'Chharar Chhobi'. This book contained four lined rhymes about the fictional...
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    "Solomon Grundy" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19299. The rhyme has varied very little since it was first collected...
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  • Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop is a book by literary scholar Adam Bradley that looks at hip hop music's literary techniques and argues "that we...
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    London Bridge Is Falling Down (category English nursery rhymes)
    as "My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world...
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    "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is an English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and...
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    Humpty Dumpty (category English nursery rhymes)
    1871 book Through the Looking-Glass, in which he was described as an egg. The rhyme is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No. 13026. The rhyme is one...
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    A pop-up book is any book with three-dimensional pages, often with elements that pop up as a page is turned. The terminology serves as an umbrella term...
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    Eeny, meeny, miny, moe (category Counting-out rhymes)
    counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which...
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    A rime dictionary, rhyme dictionary, or rime book (traditional Chinese: 韻書; simplified Chinese: 韵书; pinyin: yùnshū) is an ancient type of Chinese dictionary...
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    "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme, the earliest printed version of which dates from around 1744. The words have barely changed in two...
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  • Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes is a 1954 picture book written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli. The book is a collection of Mother Goose...
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    tend to be unique to each book. Occasionally, a clever scribe would put a curse in the form of a rhyme: Steal not this book my honest friend For fear...
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  • the book is considered one of the major classics of children's literature through the age range of 3 to 8 years old. The book is known for its rhyme scheme...
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    Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in...
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    A counting-out game or counting-out rhyme is a simple method of 'randomly' selecting a person from a group, often used by children for the purpose of...
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  • Hot Cross Buns was an English street cry, later perpetuated as a nursery rhyme and an aid in musical education. It refers to the spiced English confection...
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  • multisyllabic rhymes (also known as compound rhymes, polysyllable rhymes, and sometimes colloquially in hip-hop as multis) are rhymes that contain two...
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    Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations...
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    Tweedledum and Tweedledee are characters in an English nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Their...
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    Rock-a-bye Baby (category English nursery rhymes)
    "Hush-a-bye baby on the tree top") is a nursery rhyme and lullaby. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 2768. The rhyme exists in several versions. One modern...
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    I Had a Little Nut Tree (category English nursery rhymes)
    literature portal 'I Had a Little Nut Tree' is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3749.The song mentions a visit...
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