Little Bo Peep
Medium: nursery rhyme
Publication date: 1805
Publisher: N.A.Roud Folk Song Index Number: 6487
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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[lost her sheep] |  |
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sheep [Little Bo Peep's lost sheep] |
N.A. | 24 |
"Little Bo Peep" is a children's nursery rhyme and game which originated in England. The earliest known printed version of the nursery rhyme is a manuscript from 1805, which includes only the first verse. The nursery rhyme is thought to be much older than that.
The game is referred to in Shakespeare's King Lear, which was written between 1603 and 1606, although the complete nursery rhyme was not necessarily extant at that time.
