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"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.
There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe", a popular English language nursery rhyme "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill", a nursery rhyme which dates back to at least its first known printing in 1714
First mentioned under the title 'Old Tarlton's song', attributed to the stage clown Richard Tarlton (1530–1588). The Lion and the Unicorn: Great Britain 1708 [98] In 1708, William King (1663–1712) recorded a verse very similar to the first stanza of the modern rhyme. The Old Woman and Her Pig 'The Old Woman who found a Silver Penny' United ...
"The something old" and "something blue" are devices to baffle the Evil Eye. The usual effect on the bride of the Evil Eye is to render her barren, and this is obviated by wearing "something borrowed", which should properly be the undergarment of some woman who has been blessed with children: the clothes communicate fertility to the bride. [1]
The poem echoes Yeats' fascination with the Irish peasantry. Written in first person, the poem explains the difficult chores and struggles of an aged, unfortunate woman and her bitter resentment to the young children, whose worries of fondness and personal appearance pale to insignificance when compared to the toils of the old woman.
There was an old woman Liv'd under a hill, And if she ben't gone, She lives there still— appeared as part of a catch in The Academy of Complements. [2] In 1744 these lines appeared by themselves (in a slightly different form) in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, the first extant collection of nursery rhymes. [3]
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There was an old woman and she lived in the woods Weela Weela Walya There was an old woman and she lived in the woods Down by the river Saile. [n 1] [11] She had a baby three months old Weela Weela Walya She had a baby three months old Down by the river Saile. She had a penknife long and sharp Weela Weela Walya She had a penknife long and sharp