Matlock Luncheon Club learns the hidden meaning of nursery rhymes
used to highlight the poverty of the people particularly in
Victorian times, with Tommy Tucker singing for his supper to survive, by begging and dancing. Baa
Baa Black Sheep reflecting the tax on wool imposed by Plantagenet King Edward I in 1275, he was
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Hide Adthe Master, the Church was the Dame and the Little Boy down the lane reflected the people.
Mary Mary quite Contrary reflected the gruesome period of Mary Tudor.
Even our own Derbyshire area has a link with a nursery rhyme of Hey Diddle Diddle the Cat and the
Fiddle, believed to reflect the public house on the 537 Buxton Macclesfield road, together with the Setter Dog pub and the dish running away with the spoon linking with the Peak View Tearooms.
Jill Harwood thanked Sandy on behalf of the members for a truly fascinating insight into educational heritage.