Snips and snails and puppy dogs tails
Posted by Pamela on March 09, 2006
In Reply to: Snips and snails and puppy dogs tails posted by Sharon Clayton on March 08, 2006
: I am trying to find the origin of the expression "snips and snails and puppy dogs tails" as part of a research project on gender stereotyping, I am not able to access either of the entries that should be accessible from the home page.
: I am also researching the origin of the nursery rhyme "What Are Little Girls./Boys Made Of?" for a school project on gender stereotyping. So if anyone can give me the name of a book or a website address, I will be grateful. Thanks, from the SW corner of British Columbia, Canada
I always thought it was "Snakes and snails .." (what is a snip??) but I've found a reference to "frogs and snails" at: www.nonsenselit.org/ Lear/limerick/limerick.html which has a paper on the workds of Robert Southey with some references to books. Pamela
- Snips and snails R. Berg 09/March/06