EPISODE · Jan 31, 2026 · 37 MIN
Rhymes for Those Who Can Neither Read Nor Run
from Bone and Sickle · host boneandsickle
Gammer Gurton’s Garland, published in 1784, is one of the earliest collections of English nursery rhymes, and contains verses both familiar and alarmingly unsettling. Intended to be read to toddlers (i.e., “children who can neither read nor run,” according to its subtitle) and named after a fictitious Grandma (“Gammer”) Gurton, who’d be analogous to Mother … Read More Read More
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