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Mother Goose

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

The supposed author of a book of nursery rhymes first published as ldquoMother Gooses Melodiesrdquo and usually called simply ldquoMother Gooserdquo The first English edition is said to have been printed in 1719 in London The actual persons who composed the rhymes is unknown and earlier similar rhymes in French are a likely source for some of them Mother Goose is also used as the title of a book of Mother Goose rhymes

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