Think Baa Baa Black Sheep is just about woolly farm animals? It’s actually linked to a 13th-century wool tax introduced by King Edward I. Ring a Ring o' Roses was long believed to reference the Great Plague of 1665–66, though historians now dispute that.

And London Bridge is Falling Down? That one may trace back to the many times the bridge was damaged, rebuilt or even pulled down – possibly by Viking invaders in the 11th century.

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