Beaver college professor: Mother Goose Rhymes on the wane. (Bette Goldstone)

PR Newswire | April 30, 1990 | Copyright

BEAVER COLLEGE PROFESSOR: MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES ON THE WANE

GLENSIDE, Pa., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- On the eve of Mother Goose Day (May 1), the grand dame of literature may be in danger, according to a language researcher at Beaver College.

"We may be losing the Mother Goose rhymes," said Dr. Bette Goldstone, assistant professor of education at the suburban Philadelphia college.

The rhymes are a part of oral tradition, Goldstone noted. They are meant to be transmitted by the spoken word, from parents to children. That practice, however, appears ...

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