Nursery rhymes could die out, survey suggests
8th October 2009
Traditional children’s nursery rhymes such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star are becoming so unpopular with parents that they could die out, researched suggests.
It highlighted gaps in the knowledge of different age groups, for example three quarters of those over 55 knew all the words to Little Miss Muffet, compared to just over half of those parents under 24.
The figures also show a gender knowledge gap: only 52 per cent of men surveyed knew all the words to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star compared to 83 per cent of women