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Mother Goose’s Melody (1760):
“There Was an Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket”

Mother Goose's Melody

Title: “There Was an Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket”

Medium: nursery rhyme

Publication date: 1760

Publisher: John Newbery

Roud Folk Song Index Number: 1297


1 characters in this story:

Character
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and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket
(lead character)		 non-feature lead character
CBR Scale: U witch
 [1st app: Mother Goose's Melody (1760)] John Newbery 2

The earliest known printed version of this nursery rhyme appeared in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1760).

The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: “There Was an Old Woman”. Webpage for Mother Goose's Melody (1760) created 9 May 2013. Last modified 5 June 2014.

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