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This document discusses the origins and evolution of nursery rhymes and charms. It argues that an alleged deathbed poem of Emperor Hadrian was likely fabricated by its author and based on a common nursery rhyme or jingle of the time. The document then explores how some nursery rhymes originated as incantations or charms that gradually transformed into nonsensical rhymes through repeated oral transmission over generations. A few examples are given of rhymes that began as religious or healing incantations and

Author

Darren Sng

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