*Here are the answers to the little quiz on the first homepage here in*

**SELIGOR'S CASTLE**

1.     They were married next day, by the turkey who lived on the hill.

2.    The king was in his counting house, counting out his money.

        The Queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey

3.   There are six bells named in the rhyme.  

       Bells of St. Clement's -  Bells of St. Martin's - Bells of Old Bailey
       Bells of Shoreditch - Bells of Stepney - Great Bells of Bow

4.   It was the wonderful Children's Poet "Eugene Field" that wrote "Wynken, Blynken and Nod

I wonder if you got them all right. I hope so xxx Seligor

Eugene Field was an unusual poet. He was one of the few poets who wrote only children's poetry. That is how he got his nickname, The Children's Poet. It all started September 2, 1850, at 634 South Broadway in Saint Louis. That's where and when Eugene Field was born. He had one brother named Roswell, who was one year younger than he, and a sister who died soon after her birth. He and his brother were very close, but very different. Eugene took after their mother, Francis, while Roswell took after their father. Eugene was afraid of the dark while his brother wasn't afraid of anything. Eugene hated studying while Roswell loved it. When the boys were six and five, their mother died. Mr. Field sent them to live with their cousin, Mary French, in Massachusetts until he could take care of them. While living on their cousin's farm, Eugene wrote his first poem . He was nine then, and the poem was about their cousin's dog, Fido. At the age of fifteen, Eugene was shipped off to a small private school in Massachusetts. There were only five boys in the school, and Eugene loved leading the boys in tricks against the master of the school.

   Eugene went on to William's College in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, his father died when he was nineteen and he dropped out after eight months. Next he went to Knox College but dropped out of college after a year. Then he went to the University of Missouri, where his brother was also attending. While there, he met Julia Comstock, who was fourteen. When Julia turned sixteen, she and Eugene married. They had eight children. Two died as babies, another died as a little boy. The remaining five grew up and had long lives.

   While married, Eugene had many jobs. He worked for many newspapers until the Chicago Daily News offered him a job. He wrote a humorous column called "Sharps and Flats". In 1895, Eugene Field died. He had written many poems, and had accomplished everything he had wished to accomplish.

THE BELLS OF LONDON

Gay go up and gay go down, to ring the bells of London town.

Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clements.

Bull's eyes and targets, say the bells of St. Marg'ret's.

Brickbats and tiles, say the bells of St. Giles'.

Halfpence and farthings, say the bells of St. Martin's.

Pancakes and fritters, say the bells of St. Peter's.

Two sticks and an apple, say the bells of Whitechapel.

Pokers and tongs, say the bells of St. John's.

Kettles and pans, say the bells of St. Ann's.

Old Father Baldpate, say the slow bells of Aldgate.

You owe me ten shillings,  say the bells of St. Helen's.

When will you pay me? say the bells of Old Bailey.

When I grow rich, say the bells of Shoreditch.

Pray when will that be? say the bells of Stepney.

   I do not know, says the great bell of Bow.

Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to chop off your head.
Chop chop chop chop the last man's dead

SELIGOR'S CASTLE

BRINGS YOU LOVELY NURSERY RHYMES

Why is Pussy in bed?
          "She is sick", says the fly,
"And I fear that she will die;,
      And that's why she's in bed."

Pray what's her disorder?
      "A locked-jaw is come on,"
Said the fine , downy swan;
      "And that's her disorder.

Who makes her nice gruel?
      "That she might not get worse
Dog Tray is her nurse,
      And makes her nice gruel."


Pray who is her doctor?
      "I," said famed MisterPunch,
"At my back a great hunch;
      But I am her doctor."

Who thinks she'll recover?
      "I do, sir," said the deer,
"And I thought so last year;
       "I think she'll recover."

And when Puss is quite well,
      All shall have noble fare,
      Beasts and fowls of the air,
And we'll ring the great bell.

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Ride away, ride away, Johnny shall ride,
And he shall have pussy-cat tied to one side,
He shall have little dog tied to the other,
And Johnny shall ride to see his Grandmother

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As I went over the water, the water went over me;
I saw two little blackbirds sitting on a tree.
The one called me a rascal, the other called me a thief;
I took my blackthorn stick, and knocked out all their teeth.

oh dear, that was different. I hope they found them to give to Fiona the Tooth Fairy, poor black birds

SELIGOR'S CASTLE PRESENTS
Nursery Rhymes For Everyone

He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three!

And every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he.
“Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers.

Oh, there’s none so rare
As can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

       IF ALL THE SEAS WERE ONE SEA

If all the seas were one sea,
What a great sea that would be!
And if all the trees were one tree,
What a great tree that would be!
And if all the axes were one axe,
What a great axe that would be!
And if all the men were one man,
What a great man he would be!
And if the great man took the great axe,
And cut down the great tree,
And let it fall into the great sea,
What a splish splash that would be!