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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

1-9-06

Reason Behind the Rhyme: 'Little Jack Horner' [4min]

Host Debbie Elliott and Chris Roberts dissect the meaning of the nursery rhyme"Little Jack Horner." It's about a real estate swindle in 16th-century England. Roberts is the author of Reason Behind the Rhyme: Heavy Words Lightly Thrown.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"