Gammer Gurton's Garland: or, The Nursery Parnassus, edited by the literary antiquary Joseph Ritson, is one of the earliest collections of English nursery rhymes. It was first published as a chapbook i

Joseph Ritson was an English antiquary known for editing the first scholarly collection of Robin Hood ballads. After a visit to France in 1791, he became a staunch supporter of the ideals of the Frenc