Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross – Part 2

Posted by Marjorie Ainsborough Decker text© 2010 on Nov 30th, 2008

Hello, again fellow Blog Nogs! We really are on our way to Banbury Cross today, and I’ll take you to the very spot of this famous old rhyme. On one of my trips back to England to research the sites of old nursery rhyme legend, the little village of Banbury Cross was on the itinerary.  [...]

Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross – Part 1

Posted by Marjorie Ainsborough Decker text© 2010 on Nov 28th, 2008

Good morning!  “Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.” As I look at the beautiful English cottage at the top of my blog page, I’m filled with nostalgia and warm memories of such pleasant scenes in the English countryside. I lived in the big city of Liverpool, where I was born.  Ours was a [...]

Humpty Dumpty Put Together Again!

Posted by Marjorie Ainsborough Decker text© 2010 on Nov 24th, 2008

Hello, friends! A very good day to you and yours. Let’s take another gander at the Christian Mother Goose version of Humpty Dumpty and how it played an important part in this question I was asked on a TV show, “Is Christian Mother Goose too idealistic for children to grasp?”  I was more than happy [...]

Humpty Dumpty’s Fall

Posted by Marjorie Ainsborough Decker text© 2010 on Nov 22nd, 2008

Good morning!  We’re beginning the Christian Mother Goose blog with some good words of encouragement for all graduates of the Humpty Dumpty School.  And what a fraternity we have!  What ancient traditions! Some of the best nursery rhyme scholars believe the ancient Humpty Dumpty rhyme goes back thousands of years.  But Humpty’s famous fall is [...]

The Enchanting World of Christian Mother Goose®

Posted by Marjorie Ainsborough Decker text© 2010 on Nov 20th, 2008

Hello, I’m Marjorie Ainsborough Decker. Many of you have met me as the author of the long-standing Christian Mother Goose® Book Series. And now, I warmly welcome you to my inspirational blog. I hope you will find it to be just “your cup of tea” for a daily boost of encouragement, motivation, fun and information [...]

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