Take This Quiz And See How Many Classic Nursery Rhymes You Can Finish

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain…

Retry Correct Incorrect Even those who have never lived anywhere near Gloucester often know this nursery rhyme, but some may notice that “puddle” is a strange internal rhyme for “middle.” Indeed, it’s likely that the original version of the song used the archaic term “piddle” instead.

Next

SSPL/Getty Images

SSPL/Getty Images

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain…

• He couldn’t get a taxi so he started getting Antsy
• A carriage passed his block and mud stained his smock
• His feet became wet and he started to fret
• He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle