Compiled Period Works for a Young Bard

Compiled by Alienor Hathaway

The North Wind Doth Blow

16th Century Nursery Rhyme

The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow,

And what will poor robin do then, poor thing?

He'll sit in a barn and keep himself warm

and hide his head under his wing, poor thing.

For Want of a Nail

The earliest recorded version of this proverb comes from 1230 Middle High German.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost;

For want of a shoe the horse was lost;

For want of a horse the battle was lost;

For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost—

All for the want of a horse-shoe nail.

Falconbridge, Aneleda. (2015, October 8). A bardic class for younger children. https://mbouchard.com/aneleda/a-bardic-class-for-younger-children

Orme, Nicholas. Fleas, Flies, and Friars : Children’s Poetry from the Middle Ages. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 2012

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