Friday, May 22, 2009

Mother Twaddle and her son Jack


from the 1807 book
[The history of Mother Twaddle and the Marvellous Achievements of her Son Jack]
Mother Twaddle is the first edition of a version of the story of Jack and the Beanstalk in verse.
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2 comments:

ruthie said...

have just spent a wonderful while catching up on all the delicious things you have posted, thank you!!

May 22, 2009 7:46 PM
Hermes said...

Thanks Ruthie, its quite fun tracing the history and variations of some of these old tales.

May 23, 2009 6:08 AM

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