Posted
on November 23, 2014
(Sunday before Thanksgiving)
Apparently
there is more than one “Mother Goose Day,” but this particular
one is held in El Cajon, California, which is a So Cal town near the
larger and more famous San Diego.
There
is a carnival, a craft fair, and a parade.
In the parade are bands
and drill teams, floats, a queen and her royal court, special cars
and giant helium balloons, clowns and other entertainers.
The
whole idea behind the event is—from what I can tell from the official website—to create huge smiles.
I
didn't discover any rationale for “why Mother Goose,” but there
really are Mother Goose balloons, floats, and costumed characters:
Mother
Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes. She
is usually pictured as an old woman in a tall hat and a shawl, but
sometimes she is drawn as a goose in a bonnet. One of the earliest
mentions in print was in 1650, and that mention clearly showed that
most readers were already familiar with the Mother Goose character.
Check
out this collection of Mother Goose rhymes, crafts, coloring
pages, games, and videos. The Mother Goose Club has similar
sorts of resources!
Here
is a taste of some Mother Goose:
A
TISKET, A TASKET
A tisket, a tasket,
A green and yellow basket,
I wrote a letter to my love,
And on the way I dropped it.
A tisket, a tasket,
A green and yellow basket,
I wrote a letter to my love,
And on the way I dropped it.
I
dropped it, I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy picked it up
And put it in his pocket.
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy picked it up
And put it in his pocket.
BAA,
BAA, BLACK SHEEP
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry, have I,
Three bags full;
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry, have I,
Three bags full;
One
for my master,
One for my dame,
But none for the little boy
Who cries in the lane.
One for my dame,
But none for the little boy
Who cries in the lane.
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