Nursery rhymes (1572 pages found in this category)


Glass tax

Two taxes on glass were introduced in England during the 1690s, the first on glass itself and the second on windows.

Golliwog

Character invented by the illustrator Florence Kate Upton which first appeared in The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg (1895), illustrated by her and written by her mother Bertha Upton.

Gollywog

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Gong farmer

Gong farmer (also gongfermor, gongfermour, gong-fayer, gong-fower or gong scourer) is a term that entered use in Tudor England to describe someone who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits; the word gong was used for both a privy and its contents.

Gouache

Opaque watercolour in which the pigments are bound together by glue.

Grade I listed buildings in Blackburn with Darwen

Grade I listed buildings in the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire.

Grade I listed buildings in Blackpool

Grade I listed buildings in the unitary authority of Blackpool, in Lancashire.

Grade I listed buildings in Bolton

Grade I listed buildings in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester.

Grade I listed buildings in Burnley

Grade I listed buildings in the Borough of Burnley, in Lancashire.

Grade I listed buildings in Bury

Grade I listed buildings in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester.