Mother Goose Can you remember the first time someone read or, more probably, recited a Mother Goose rhyme to you? For most of us, this event occurred so early in our childhood that we cannot remember a time when we did not know the rhyme. These pages are designed to give you some background on Mother Goose and other nursery rhymes and to remind you of the importance and pleasure of sharing those rhymes with the young people in your life. Who was Mother Goose? How old are the rhymes? To the Rhymes The Adventures of Mother Goose [a skit for Mother Goose Day] The infamous Nursery Rhyme Song To Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme links