Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey,
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Eating her curds and whey,
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Owen "What's a tuffet?"
Jeff "a pillow"
Me (as I look it up on the internet) "a grassy mound"
Owen "What's curds and whey?"
Me "oatmeal with milk"
then I looked it up only to find out it is really cottage cheese! Interesting. And just in case you wanted to know more:
Story of the Little Miss Muffet Rhyme
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! This particular Nursery Rhyme of Little Miss Muffet reputedly dates back to the late 16th century as indicated by the birth date of Dr Muffet!
(www.rhymes.org)
6 comments:
Wow--technology and bedtime come together for the improvement of everyone's mind!
Thanks for the little research there. You get some extra credit. You will be the smartest Mom in his preschool class if you keep that up.
Mic
hmmmm. Very interesting!
I'm so happy you sent me an invite to your blog! Such a smart little family you are.
Very interesting, Did I know you had a blog? I am glad you made it private so that I got an email about it. Looks like a fun summer!
I love nursery rhymes and smart children--Owen. Now I know all the mysteries of this one. I thought curds and whey was one step of the cheese making processes. The whey is the milk from the cheese and the cheese is in the curd stage. Ever eaten curds of cheese before?
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