Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross

Visual Interpretations

Giddy-up Daddy! A game between parents and children

Horsing Around in the Nursery The cock-horse as a child’s toy

Which Way to the Banbury Cross? Is the setting really Banbury?

A Young Lady or Old Lady? Visions of the lady

Rings, Bells and Jingles The lady's attire

Textual/Historical Information

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/people/FYNS72.htm Celia Fiennes (1662-1741) wrote of her travels in the English countryside between 1685-1703 in the form of a diary.
http://www.foodiesite.com/articles/2001-06/banburycakes.jsp Description of a Banbury Cake and the recipe. A Banbury cake is an oval "cake" of flaky pastry filled with mixed dried fruit.
http://www.banbury-cross.co.uk/banhistory.htm A brief history of Banbury.

http://www.strum.co.uk/scratch/banbury2.htm A quick aside on some origin facts

http://www.banburytown.co.uk/guide/history.html A town history from the Chamber of Commerce

Versions and Variants

Textual Versions and Variants - A complete listing of the versions and variants of this rhyme

Visual Versions and Variants - A comparative listing of all associated within Eclipse

Rhyme Specific Bibliography

http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/poemhyp23.htm A background on the intent of the rhyme.