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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JC32/6/3
TitlePolitical rhyme book
Extent1 item
Datend [1870-1876]
DescriptionChildren's nursery rhyme book containing hand-painted illustrations and manuscript adaptations of children's rhymes satirising contemporary figures associated with the Birmingham School Board, the Liberal Party, and Joseph Chamberlain; individuals mentioned include George Dawson [minister of the Church of the Saviour, Birmingham, and lecturer], John Satchall, ?O'Sullivan, Charles Anthony Vince [Liberal supporter], Canon Wilkinson, George Dixon [MP], ?Sargant, and ?Burges; nursery rhymes adapted include 'Hickory, Dickory Dock', 'Ba, Ba, Blacksheep' which is rendered 'Bah! Bah! Black Cattle!, and 'Little Jack Horner'
Access StatusOpen

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