Nursery Rhymes Quiz

[kelster]

Hi, im trying to complete a 'Nursery Rhymes Quiz' and im trying to find the correct answers to the questions listed below. I would be really thankful and grateful if anyone can please help me find the correct answers. I've also included some answers ive thought of as well listed alongside some questions and if anyone can please help check these for me as well i would be really thankful, thanks,

1. A plague of sound. Answer i thought: A swarm of bees
2. In modern terms, the first of seven ages. Answer i thought: An icycle
3. A cook's XXIV.
4. This was not in the cupboard, poor dog.
5. The staff of life. Answer i thought: A wise old owl
6. To slaughter, one of three.
7. Dairy product, once again good for you.
8. Does it adhere to a source of light.
9. Could be a bud or a frolic.
10. Its strike signalled a descent.
11. Early morning wake-up call (hyphenated). Answer i thought: Cock-a-doodle-doo
12. Inclined to do the opposite of the expected.
13. Cross dresser in the pantomine. Answer i thought: Dame trot and her cat
14. One could be a girl's best friend.
15. Soft feathers. Answer i thought: Down down baby
16. Tagine cooking lead to this. Answer i thought: Ducks and drakes
17. American season.
18. To cheat by manipulation. Answer i thought: Hokey pokey
19. These could be fishy ones.
20. A glance like this is very cool. Answer i thought: Grandma's spectacles
21. Exotic flower loses a quarter at the end, but grows there.
22. Elegance.
23. Dried grass followed by a rooster.

[smouse]

It's the same every time but a lot don't seem to realise that

[QuizmasterG]

Is this a joke?