Most versions of the Banbury Cross nursery rhyme don't feature a Fine Lady. They include: Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross To see an old woman get up on a horse A ring on her finger, a bonnet of ...

The “fine lady” referenced has been thought, at various times, to be Lady Godiva, Queen Elizabeth I, or even a misinterpretation of “Fiennes.” ...

Rhyming couplets provide a critic’s take on David Ives’s version of the French farce.

Appearing as the Queen of the May – rather than Broughton Castle family member Celia Fiennes, contrary to the popular myth – the statue references the classic nursery rhyme Ride a Cock Horse ...

The statue was modelled on the Ride A Cock Horse To Banbury Cross nursery rhyme The sculpture portrays the lady scattering petals upon the people of Banbury to bring them good luck and fertility.

Old British pubs were a fertile ground to birth rhymes and song, especially if that song was about the lady who ran the pub. Elsie Marley was a real lady who ran a pub called The White Swan. She ...

The traditional English nursery rhyme, "London Bridge Is Falling Down," has a long history. Read about the meaning of its song lyrics here.

‘Lady Bird’: The History of the Title and Character Name From ladybugs to the Johnson administration to a creepy Mother Goose rhyme.