Songs for the Nursery
Title: “Little Miss Muffet”
Medium: nursery rhyme
Publication date: 1805
Publisher: Benjamin TabartRoud Folk Song Index Number: 20605
2 characters in this story:
| Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.) |
Religious Affiliation |
Team(s) [Notes] |
Pub. | # app. |
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[1st app: Songs for the Nursery (1805)] | Benjamin Tabart | 41 | ||||||
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spider [frightened Miss Muffet away] |
Benjamin Tabart | 3 |
As with many nursery rhymes, the precise origins of "Little Miss Muffet" are unclear. Some claim it was written by Dr Thomas Muffet, who died in 1604, about his step-daughter Patience.
The nursery rhyme was first printed in 1805 in Songs for the Nursery, but it is thought to have been written long before then.
