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Jack Sprat
Jack Sprat could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean,
And so betwixt the two of them,
They licked the platter clean. |
Origin
The “Jack Sprat” rhyme started out as an English proverb probably around the mid-17th century, appearing in a collection of sayings by John Clarke in 1639. It was first published as a nursery rhyme in Mother Goose’s Melody around 1765. One unproven theory about the meaning of the rhyme refers to Charles I of England, his wife Henrietta Maria, and an illegal tax imposed upon their subjects during England’s war with Spain in the early 17th century. |
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