![]() ![]() Because verses are made up of patterns, they are easy first memorization pieces. Repetition of rhymes and stories helps children understand how language works and assists in developing inferencing skills, both with encountering new vocabulary and in reading comprehension. Starfall’s nursery rhyme activity helps early learners improve memory, concentration, and spatial intelligence. ![]() Children can enjoy access to 47 nursery rhymes, each including recited audio with adjustable volume (closed captions and lyrics available). The intuitive controls for this activity allow children to independently explore a wide selection of music. In the spirit of this reliable tradition, Starfall offers interactive songs and videos for kids to sing along with, listen to, and learn from. The memorable phrases and melodic nature of music make them wonderful practice tools for children developing language skills such as pronunciation and word memorization, while also passing along traditional stories, songs, and poetry. I’d love to hear any thoughts on this version….For hundreds of years, nursery rhymes have been an exciting and integral part of children's education. “Sauf us!” quoth Jock, “d’ye see sic een ”Ĭries Kate, “there’s a hole where a nose should hae been Īnd the mouth’s like a gash which a horn had ri’en įor those who prefer the innocent sing-a-long version there is a rather fun contemporary rendition of ‘There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aiken Drum’ on Youtube here It is this monstrous Brownie that is shown in the painting and described in the poem by Nicholson: This association with food and clothing does seem to link the Aiken Drum of the song with the Scottish Brownie and there are some descriptions in Briggs of the Brownie as looking monstrous, having no nose or an enormous mouth and webbed fingers or claws. William Henderson’s Folklore of the Northern Counties describes the little treats left for brownies as ‘knuckled cakes made of meal warm from the mill, toasted over the embers and spread with honey’ (cited in Katherine Briggs, A Dictionary of Fairies p. A brownie will often become personally attached to a member of the household and in return he has a right to a bowl of cream or best milk or to an especially good cake or cheese! Brownie’s are often given clothing in exchange for their work but money or reward is thought to drive them away. They often make themselves responsible for the farm or house in which they live by doing chores that have been left undone by servants or by herding sheep (see painting) or collecting eggs. There was a man lived in the moon, in the moon, in the moon. And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle, He played upon a ladle, and his name was Aiken Drum. His mouth was made of pizza and his name was Aiken Drum. And his mouth was made of pizza pizza pizza. In the nursery rhyme Aiken Drum wears entirely edible clothes and Brownies are usually associated with food. His nose was made of cheese and his name was Aiken Drum. There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon,Īnd he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,Īnd his hat was made of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese,Īnd his hat was made of good cream cheese,Īnd his coat was made of good roast beef, of good roast beef, of good roast beef,Īnd his coat was made of good roast beef,Īnd his buttons made of penny loaves, of penny loaves, of penny loaves,Īnd his waistcoat was made of crust pies, of crust pies, of crust pies,Īnd his waistcoat was made of crust pies,Īnd his breeches made of haggis bags, of haggis bags, of haggis bags, The song (which you will probably know) is quoted in full in Iona and Peter Opie’s Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes as follows: I have been pondering what links this historical person with the popular Scottish song ‘Aiken Drum’ and what links the song with the poem about the brownie and the painting? I find this very curious indeed. He played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle, he played upon a ladle, and his name was Aiken Drum. I think this may be a case of history becoming myth and myth becoming history. Aiken Drum There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon, there was a man lived in the moon, and his name was Aiken Drum. Sir Walter Scott also refers to this mysterious figure in his novel The Antiquary (1816) in a story told by an old beggar. In fact it is a Jacobite song about the Battle of Sheriffmuir (1715) and not a story about a phantom at all:Īnd his wind of heav’nly might, Aikendrum, Aikendrum! ![]() There is a rhyme by James Hogg which appeared in Jacobite Reliques in 1820 which also mentions the character Aiken Drum. In the painting he is a gloomy phantom or Brownie but the name also has historical links. Aiken Drum is a devilish creature who inspires great fear in humans and animals: The intriguing folkloric ballad appears in the third edition of his posthumous Poetical Works in 1887. The image is inspired by a poem in Scottish dialect by William Nicholson (1782-1849). ![]() Hornel (1889) in the Kelvin Grove Gallery and Museum The last time I was in Glasgow I came across this rather spooky painting of Aiken Drum or ‘the Brownie of Blednoch’ by E.A. ![]()
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