Creature Discomforts - Who frightened Miss Muffet? Traditional Cache
Scottiedogz: Checked this today & decided to archive
Creature Discomforts - Who frightened Miss Muffet?
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Who lives here?
No prizes for guessing this rhyme.
The rhyme first appeared in print in 1805, in a book titled Songs for the Nursery.
Its origins are unclear but the explanation I like is:
Little Miss Muffet was a small girl whose name was Patience Muffet. Her stepfather, Dr. Muffet (1553-1604) was a famous entomologist who wrote the first scientific catalogue of British Insects. Whilst eating her breakfast of curds and whey Little Miss Muffet was frightened by one of his spiders and ran away!
Others claim it refers to Mary, Queen of Scots (1543–87), who was said to have been frightened by religious reformer John Knox - so a metaphorical representation of their relationship.
Note from Scottiedogz....No animals were harmed during the making of this series.
*****Congrats to Jaytree179 for FTF*****
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