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Inside The Contested Origins Of The ‘Jack And Jill’ Nursery Rhyme

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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.”

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Jack and Jill from the book “Denslow’s Mother Goose” at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18546

Beheadings, Liquor Taxes, And Icelandic Myth: Inside The Various Theories Behind The 'Jack And Jill' Rhyme

"Jack and Jill" was first printed in England around 1765.

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