Inside The Contested Origins Of The ‘Jack And Jill’ Nursery Rhyme
By Kaleena Fraga
From the executions of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to a satirization of King Charles I's liquor tax, there are countless theories about the true meaning of "Jack and Jill."
https://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-and-jill-nursery-rhyme
Jack and Jill from the book "Denslow's Mother Goose" at PG:
OMG, aside from the rhyme origin thing (which is great) I love the line from the article that says...
"...Kilmersdon, Somerset, a village in western England just south of Wales..."
Well, if you explain to someone from Somerset that they hail from 'just south of Wales' you may find yourself in a world of trouble! Many people in rural Somerset will happily tell you that 'they should have built a wall, not a bridge' 🙂
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