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The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is reflecting upon her life. Crabbit is Scots for "bad-tempered" or "grumpy". The poem appeared in the Nursing Mirror in December 1972 without attribution. Phyllis McCormack explained in a letter to the journal that she wrote the poem in 1966 for her hospital newsletter. [4]
However, in 2012, a books.google.com search on "crabbit old woman" puts the authorship beyond doubt, as the claim by Phyllis McCormack, not just her son, goes back to 1973, the same year it was published in the Searle anthology: Nursing mirror and midwives journal: Volume 136, Issues 1-13, 1973 - MIDWIVES JOURNAL
The Poor Old Lady (La pobre viejecita) is a children's poem written by Colombian poet Rafael Pombo, first published in 1854 as part of his collection Cuentos pintados para niños (Painted Stories for Children). The work is one of the most recognized pieces of Colombian children's literature and has been included in numerous schoolbooks and ...
Martha Stewart, 82, shares how she resists becoming an “old-fashioned old lady” in her new MasterClass, Think Like a Boss, Live Like a Legend, available now.
The headline in this 1940 Barnstable Patriot story was "Old Clam Chowder Recipe In Rhyme," and added this description: "The following recipe-in-rhyme for real old Cape Cod Clam Chowder was ...
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...
"There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19132. Debates over its meaning and origin have largely centered on attempts to match the old woman with historical female figures who have had large families, although King George II (1683–1760) has also been proposed as the rhyme's subject.
Little old lady: A harmless and helpless older woman; innocent and pitiful older woman. (see " adorable " above) Lolita : A term for a sexualized minor child, typically a girl; the term has pedophilic connotations and is often used to fetishize or exploit vulnerable preteen girls.