nursery rhyme
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They had a song for him, roughly to the tune of the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The conceit sounds simple today: Kids are given a small plastic key, for which they insert in a box near an installation and then are regaled with music and a short nursery rhyme or folktale.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
The “doo-doo-doo” nursery rhyme has amassed 16.4 billion views—roughly equivalent to Taylor Swift’s 10 most-popular YouTube videos combined.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
According to the nursery rhyme, which item was used as a boat by Wynken, Blynken, and Nod?
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2023
He glanced up at the framed nursery rhyme over the mantelpiece.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
