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Ride a cock-horse
Posted by: robert (---.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net)
Date: October 20, 2005 12:28AM
Is there any consensus about what a 'cock-horse' is or, more intriguingly, why you would ride one to Banbury Cross to look at a lady with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes?
Re: Ride a cock-horse
Posted by: tieff (---.246.196.84.tisdip.tiscali.de)
Date: October 20, 2005 09:19AM
I believe a cock-horse is generally taken to be a hobby-horse, ie a stick with a horse's head for young children to "ride".
Re: Ride a cock-horse
Posted by: Auntysassy (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: October 24, 2005 12:52PM
I've a book at home which tells the origins of this one but for the life of me I can't remember what it is or where it is!
So annoying!
So annoying!
Re: Ride a cock-horse
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: October 25, 2005 12:01AM
there is an explaination of the origins of Ride a Cock Horse here.
www.rhymes.org.uk/ride_a_cock_horse.htm
www.rhymes.org.uk/ride_a_cock_horse.htm
Re: Ride a cock-horse
Posted by: PrincessP (---.dhcp.gldl.ca.charter.com)
Date: August 15, 2006 04:54PM
Did anybody else have the song Sweet Gypsy Rose go through their mind when reading this topic? I can't seem to get those few lines out of my head now. Dang nabbit.
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. --- Edgar Allan Poe
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. --- Edgar Allan Poe
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