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Reason Behind the Rhyme: 'Little Jack Horner' 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 Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme.
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Reason Behind the Rhyme: 'Little Jack Horner'
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 Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme .
DEBBIE ELLIOTT, host:
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Debbie Elliott.
You think the real estate market is treacherous today, try England in the late 1530s. That's what the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner" is really all about.
(Soundbite of music)
ELLIOTT: Here to explain is our London librarian Chris Roberts. He's the author of "Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme," and he's at our London bureau.
Hello again, Chris.
Mr. CHRIS ROBERTS (Author, "Heavy Words Lightly Thrown"): Hello. Hi, Debbie.
ELLIOTT: So who was Little Jack Horner?
Mr. ROBERTS: Little Jack Horner was actually Thomas Horner. The name Jack comes up in nursery rhymes a lot, usually to reflect a slightly knavish character, a bit of a ne'er-do-well. So I suspect that's why they changed his name to Jack from Thomas.
(Reading) `Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie. He stuck in a thumb and pulled out a plum and said, "What a good boy am I."'
Where to begin with this? This is talking about the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII taking property from the Catholic Church.
Jack, as we know, is actually called Thomas Horner. Now he was a steward to the Abbot of Glastonbury during the reign of Henry VIII. This is how the story goes: He was entrusted to take some title deeds of properties to Henry VIII as a bribe so the abbot could keep the main monastery, but was prepared to give away some of the lesser properties.
Now the title deeds were held and sealed in a pie, and Jack's off to London. But instead of delivering the bribe to Henry VIII, he helps himself to the pie, puts his hand in, pulls out a plum piece of real estate--in this case, a place called Mells Manor--and thinks he's very clever for doing this. That's one version of it, that Jack is a thief and he's stealing the bribe that's intended for the king. And he...
ELLIOTT: So was this common? Is there historical evidence to support the theory that bribes were often delivered in pies?
Mr. ROBERTS: It comes up bewilderingly often in nursery rhyme.
And it's--I think the pie is used as a metaphor. I think it's not necessarily what we would think of as a pie. It's just referring to a means of concealing a document, concealing anything. It could be jewels in some cases. Now the Horner family, who incidentally lived in Mells Manor until the 20th century, are quite outraged at this slander of their ancestor and understandably so.
And there are actually two rhymes that mention Mr. Horner. The first one that mentions him is: `Hopton(ph), Horner, Smith and Finn, when the abbots went out, they came in.' And a much more likely reading of what happened is that Thomas Horner, along with the other people mentioned in the previous rhyme--Hopton and Smith and Finn--were up-and-coming gentry. They were Protestant, they were local merchants doing quite well for themselves in the area around Glastonbury, and that they bought the property. You could see it as an early example of gentrification.
They bought the property at the time admittedly at a knockdown rate, and admittedly the land had been stolen from the Catholic Church by Henry VIII. This seems to be what happened after the dissolution of the monasteries. The king didn't keep all the land for himself; he distributed it amongst his supporters so he then could rely on their loyalty should anything occur in the future, should there be a rebellion in the future. I suspect, though I can't prove this, that the popular `Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie' version is actually the Catholic take on proceedings there.
ELLIOTT: Chris Roberts is the author of "Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme," and he's a librarian at Lambeth College in South London.
Thank you, Chris.
Mr. ROBERTS: Thank you, Debbie.
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Little Jack Horner/Little Miss Muffet (Medley)
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Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner
Eating his Christmas pie,
He stuck in his thumb
And pulled out a plum and said
"What a good boy am I
What a good boy am I"
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curd and whey;
Along came a spider,
And sat down beside her,
Frightened Miss Muffet away, oh yeah
Frightened Miss Muffet away
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner
Eating his Christmas pie,
He stuck in his thumb
And pulled out a plum and said
"What a good boy
What a good boy
What a good boy am I"
Words: Traditional
Music: Ian J Watts
Origin and background
We have joined together 2 historical nursery rhymes to one song: Little Jack Horner and Little Miss Muffet.
Both rhymes sound similar and both rhymes use the same metre. Ian J Watts has set the new songs to music.
The first part of "Little Jack Horner" is about a boy eating Christmas pie. He sticks his fingers into the pie and pulls out a plum which is very naughty of course but the boy seems to be pleased with himself and says: "What a good boy am I." So far so good but the rhyme seems a bit pointless. There must be another meaning because if these lines were pure nonsense they certainly would have disappeared at some time.
This is a possible explanation: Little Jack Horner refers to the secretary of the Bishop of Glastboury, Richard Whiting (1461 - 1539). The bishop was concerned about the expropriation of the monasteries arranged by Henry VIII. We mentioned him before, King Henry VIII, the father of Mary I Tudor, who was kept back from the thrown due to one of the many marriages of her father and became Queen of England later on, trying to restore Roman Catholism in England (see Mary, Mary quite contrary).
But back to the bishop and his worries regarding the menacing expropriation of Glastboury. To forestall the threat of expropriation, he sent his secretary (Jack Horner) to King Henry VIII, with a cake, in which the deeds of manors were baked in. The most valuable of these documents, the Manor of Mells, is the plum, which he pulled out of the cake.
However, Richard Whiting failed and was accused of treachery because he did not officially abondan Catholism. Jack Horner was called as a witness when the trial took place and he incriminated the Bishop. At the end of the trial Jack Horner was given the Manor of Mells and his family remained owner of the estate up to the 20th century. There is another Nursery Rhyme dealing with the subject:
Hopton, Horner, Smith and Finn,
when the abbots went out, they came in.
This is another proof that there might be some truth within the legend. Horner stands in a row with a series of commercially successful Protestants: Hopton, Smith and Finn.
All of them purchased land at a very low price after it has been taken away from the Catholic Church.
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Now I know what the best country in the world looks like!
Let me tell you about Stockholm?
Stockholm welcomed us on the sunny morning of December 31st. We came to visit him on the Baltic Sea.
I will talk about this more, but later.
There is a legend telling that the Vikings, according to ancient custom, floated a log, and where it was nailed by the waves, they founded a city. And a log was nailed to one small island located in the strait connecting the Baltic Sea with Lake Mälaren. "Stock" is translated as "log" or "pile", and "holme" as "island". Stockholm is located on 14 main islands. But there are very tiny islands where there are one or two houses. Every third family has a boat (well, or another swimming trough within their means). While we were in Stockholm, the sun shone all the time during the day, it only set at three o'clock in the afternoon. It is said that the city is located on the same latitude as Magadan =)
So let's go.
Our journey started from the Stockholm Royal Palace. Stockholms slott is the official residence of the Swedish monarchs on the main embankment of Stadholmen Island in the city center. The palace is the largest functioning royal palace in the world.
By the way, according to some reports, it was built by captured Russians according to the project of the architect Tessin. Today it is one of the most visited attractions in the city. We got to the ceremony of changing the royal guard. It takes place daily at 12-10 in front of the palace and gathers crowds of tourists hung with cameras and cameras. We were no exception.
atybats There are such cute creative felt boots on the soldiers, so the guys step softly and quietly. Soldiers are such dense, shaven-headed young men who look strictly in front of them.
And the ceremony itself takes place to such positive music a la mazurka that many tourists begin to dance. I almost invited the guard who was watching the crowd to dance. But good people stopped me.
Spectacular! Then we went for a walk around the old city - Gamla Stan.
Mood
The Old Town leaves the most fabulous impressions. Rows of golden-yellow houses standing close to each other, wrought-iron lanterns on the walls, cast-iron signs above the doors, secluded courtyards, dead ends, cozy little gardens, secret squares and a mass of urban sculptures hidden in the labyrinth of streets, the first of which appeared here back in 1670- x years.
Each building is regularly washed and painted, so the city looks very smart and young, almost like a toy. And here is Stortorget Square, which resembles a giant puppet city. But if you plunge into history, then very tragic events that occurred here in the past emerge. Suffice it to recall the so-called Stockholm bloodbath (November 1520). At that time, the Danish king Christian II, who occupied Stockholm and was crowned on the throne of Sweden, tricked the entire flower of the Stockholm nation into Stortorget Square. After that, all the streets that departed from this square were blocked, and all those who had gathered were destroyed (more than 100 people were executed). As recorded in historical essays: "... blood flowed in streams from the square along all the adjacent streets." Similar massacres occurred simultaneously in other cities in Sweden. Thus, the king suppressed at the root the possible resistance to his royal rule on the part of the most enlightened, wealthy and noble people.
But I'll read about this a little later, but for now I smile and stare around. However, the main advantage of this part of the city (Gamla Stan) is still its narrow and humpbacked streets with colorful houses covered with fancy roofs. The Swansen family lives and lives in one of these houses. Here is this house. According to local guides, there are three such houses of Carlson. And in this library, perhaps, the Kid handed over books. But oddly enough, Carlson is not as popular here as with us, preference is given to the red-haired Pippi.
Let's move on. There you are!
The narrowest street of Gamla Stan - Marten Trozigs grand - 90 centimeters - is a long line of steps going down, sandwiched between houses, and, probably, is not even marked on the map. The staircase street is named after a German merchant who once settled here. Guides proudly show her tour Let's move on. Here's to you! ists, so there is often a "traffic jam" here: everyone certainly wants to squeeze through.
In one of the quiet cozy courtyards, somewhat similar to Moscow somewhere within the Boulevard Ring, we found a tiny boy sitting on a pedestal with his arms around his knees ("Boy Looking at the Moon") - this is the smallest sculpture in the world to the boy Niels (remember Nils' Journey on Geese?, this is the same Niels). The locals love this boy very much and every winter they knit warm clothes for him - hats and scarves, so that he does not freeze. You can leave a coin next to Niels and pat him on the head, after making a wish. Nils changed clothes In general, here you can see many unusual monuments. Here, for example, is a monument to ... no, not to a chicken, but to a Swedish business woman who is constantly in a hurry somewhere! My dear Omsk residents, this monument in the city center is dedicated to plumbers! Stepanych, hello! I want to note that 1% of all taxes in Sweden are deducted for monuments. Not only for their maintenance, but also for the creation of new ones.
And this is a monument to the local Okudzhava of the 18th century, I think. When we drove along one of the bridges, I saw a huge palm - or rather a fist with an index finger protruding from the water. Unfortunately, I didn't get to take it off. A stupid search gave me this picture from a tourist site
Oh, there is also a face there. Therefore, my dears, whoever goes to Sweden next - with you a photo of this sculpture and a detailed story.
The basalt rocks are impressive, especially along the roads. In general, it should be noted that Sweden is a country with a high standard of living, and life here is not cheap. Museum entrance fees are quite high, as are coffee and souvenirs in the city center. Speaking of shops, the number one department store in Stockholm is located next to the crystal stele in the center of Sergels Square (Sergels Torg), Nordiska Kompaniet, known as NK, is the same as GUM in Moscow or Harrods in London. By the Christmas holidays, the main showcase of the department store is another city attraction! And Santa Claus in the windows of the NK department store washes his striped socks in public, singing a Christmas carol! And Snufkins are everywhere! And even these guys =) A little further at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Kungsgatan streets is a large PUB department store, famous for the fact that the future Hollywood star Greta Garbo once worked there in the hat department, and besides, it is here, according to rumors, that Lenin bought when - something of his famous cap.
And at Christmas, or after the Midsummer holiday, you can get to the sales. Despite the biting prices, the locals are very friendly people. The Swedes are also fluent in English. Even if you do not know English, but simply show on the map, for example, the Royal Museum, they will explain to you on your fingers how to get there. Or drive through. Metro.
The Stockholm Metro is sometimes referred to as the world's longest art gallery. Each metro station is truly a work of art. In total, there are about 100 stations in the Stockholm metro, some of them are cut down right in the salt mines. Not my beautiful -)
Surprisingly, the subway has a station created in a natural cave; there are still stations hung with homespun tapestries; stations with permanent exhibitions of children's drawings. Some stations, such as those on the Blue Line, look like the fairy-tale grottoes of underground kings, while others show Greek sculptures, corners of classical architecture, wall reliefs, mosaics or video installations.
Pop art is actively displayed, huge shoes are nailed to the ceiling at one of the stations. Fountains gush and streams flow here.
Trains run around the clock, at night according to the schedule with an interval of about an hour. The ticket price varies depending on the time of day - in the morning and in the evening, at rush hour, the fare is more expensive.
Ideas work here. After that, one wonders why 77 bronze statues at the Ploshchad Revolutsii station surrendered to us, if the metro trains are so noisy that the guests of the capital faint, and the passengers are forced to tear their throats, trying to talk in the subway. I even found a shop in the subway!
Sweden is a country where the pursuit of a healthy lifestyle is one of the national priorities. Smoking in public places is prohibited, but you can ride a bike. For this, special bicycle paths and parking lots are equipped. I love Europe for it!
Girl version Also, the Swedes have candles burning in every fire! And they love dogs very much.
These beauties were waiting for the owner at the entrance to the cafe. By the way, I have not seen a single stray, not a single homeless dog or cat. In general - a husband, a pregnant wife, a child by the hand and a child in a stroller, and a cute dog on a leash - a common sight on the streets of Stockholm.
The whole atmosphere is filled with magic and the festive mood, like the flu, hits everyone indiscriminately! Maybe the air in Stockholm is special, or the food, or something else? And on every corner you will find some amazingness!
Or such awesomeness!
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A fairy tale is in the air, or floats on the lake And these are Stockholm mailboxes! And these are Russian tourists! I thought for a moment and imagined if I could live here ... And what my life would be like One of the most beautiful views of Stockholm opens from the observation decks of Södermalm, the southern district of the city.
There is a lot of water around: both salty sea and fresh lake. But water is not perceived as something separate from the city, it is very subtly and organically woven into its life. Ferries plying from one island to another, like ordinary trams, "parked" at the embankments of the yacht, pleasure boats, restaurants "afloat". By the way, in the background of the previous photo we can see the building of the City Hall (Stockholms Stadshus). Every year on December 10, the town hall hosts the solemn awards of Nobel laureates. Here is the famous Stadshuskällaren restaurant, where any visitor has the opportunity to order dinner, which was treated to their favorite Nobel laureate. The banquet, which is attended by representatives of European royal families, political and scientific circles, is arranged by the Swedish royal family (I almost wrote "Swedish family"). Next time we are in Stockholm, we will definitely go to this restaurant and order a dinner in honor of Gabriel Garcia Marquez!
By the way, in this building they determine the laureates in literature Or in this one in literature, and in that one in biology .
.. excuse my maiden memory! And this is the Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern)
The Royal Dramatic Theater is a national stage with a worldwide reputation. And here they just live. And this is the Langholmen
hotel. A landmark, because until 1975 a real prison was located in the hotel building. In 1975, the last prisoner left the building of the Kronohaktet prison in the city center. At 19In 89, the completely reconstructed building opened its doors to guests - already as the Landholmen Hotel. There are four wall clocks in the lobby of the hotel. They show the time in the most famous prisons: Sing Sing, Alcatraz, Robben Island and Port Arthur. The corridors of the building retained a typical prison layout, except that there were probably not so many flowers in the corridors in a past life. There are no rooms in the hotel, only cells. Photo from the prison site.
Although with modern plumbing, but with bars on the windows. Instead of beds, bunk beds are installed.
The walls are covered with wallpaper depicting newspaper notes in the crime chronicle genre. Framed on the wall is the daily routine of the prison. Fortunately, this is just a game. The key to the cell is with the "prisoner", and you can go free at any time of the day or night.
Among the public documents of the museum in the hotel you can see, for example, an extract from the personal file of the prisoner Per Wilhelm Lundgren, who spent half of the 19th century behind bars because he did not pay for the entrance to the summer garden. A little embarrassing, however, is that on the site of the former guillotine there is a playground with attractions.
Just a few words about Junibacken Swede. Junibacken is a children's cultural and entertainment center, a "museum of fairy tales", located in Stockholm on the island of Djurgården. The museum has models of places from various children's works by Swedish writers, primarily Astrid Lindgren, which you can not only see, but also play with.
Also one of the features of the museum is a fabulous train, on which visitors can travel through scenes from Astrid Lindgren's books.
Also on this island is the famous Vasa Museum. Museum of one ship that sank in 1628 on its very first voyage in front of a thousand spectators, almost immediately after sailing from the shore. In 1961, the ship was raised, restored and elevated to the status of a monument. There were many more interesting things: Skansen - a huge open-air park, where all the most significant monuments from all over Sweden are collected, and the Knight's Island, where all the rulers of the state are buried. But you are already tired, so I round off. Organically fit into the panorama of the city, even giant cruise ferries, regularly sailing between Sweden and Finland. Their huge white "carcasses" stand in close proximity to the medieval Old Town, but together with the subway line running nearby, with a stream of cars, buses and cyclists, next to futuristic road junctions, they look like something for granted.
