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The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes

28th August 2024
For many of us, our first introduction to books and stories was nursery rhymes, but how many of us know the history behind those familiar verses? Which Duke of York had ten thousand men? What made Mary so contrary? Why do we always draw Humpty Dumpty as an egg? (You're running through the Humpty Dumpty rhyme in your head now, aren't you?) Join Danielle Cavender-Handley for a fun evening discovering the answers to these and many more secret histories behind nursery rhymes.

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£10 in-person; £6 Zoom

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The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes Town Hall, St Peter's Street
AL1 3DH

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museum@stalbans.gov.uk 01727 864 511

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