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"Little
Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along
came a big spider,
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away."
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"Like
most nursery rhymes, the origins "Little Miss Muffet"
are unclear. Some claim it was written by Dr. Thomas Muffet,
a 16th century English entomologist (person who studies insects),
for his step-daughters; others claim it refers to Mary, Queen
of Scots, who was said to have been frightened by John Knox,
a Scottish religious reformer in the 16th century. The latter
explanation is doubted by most literary scholars, who note that
stories linking folk tales or songs to political events are a
common urban legend. A "tuffet" mentioned in the rhyme,
can be a small stool, or a tuft of earth and grass.
"Little Miss Muffet" first appeared in print in 1805,
in a book titled Songs for the Nursery." |
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