Little Miss Muffet’s first name was probably Patience. The heroine of the nursery rhyme is assumed to be Patience Moffat, the daughter of Thomas Moffat (d. 1604), an Elizabethan physician and author.

Nursery rhymes may not make sense to the 21st-century child. What’s the tuffet that Little Miss Muffet sat on when the first copies of the rhyme appeared in England in 1553? A chair, a stool, a plant, ...

When Stephen Sondheim wondered what happened after the “happy endings” in fairy tales, he created “Into the Woods,” an emotional musical that gave insight into the darker side of the human condition.

Nursery rhymes may not make sense to the 21st-century child. What’s the tuffet that Little Miss Muffet sat on when the first copies of the rhyme appeared in England in 1553? A chair, a stool, a plant, ...

Mr Spider: ‘It’s like this. To the best of my recollection, I have never met Miss Muffet. Nor was I anywhere near the tuffet in question on the day in question. 'However, if I was at or near the ...

Nursery rhymes may not make sense to the 21st-century child. What’s the tuffet that Little Miss Muffet sat on when the first copies of the rhyme appeared in England in 1553? A chair, a stool, a plant, ...

What is the tuffet upon which Little Miss Muffet sat when the first copies of the nursery rhyme appeared in 1553 in England? A chair, a stool, a plant, a stone or maybe a small animal? And what are ...

There is one word that spells joy for a child but dread for an adult, and that word is ‘Surprise!’. This occurred to me as I read about the mother-of-three who earlier this week discovered a round, ...

“The court will now hear case number 356-A, Miss Muffet vs. The Spider. Is the prosecution prepared to make an opening statement?” “Yes, Your Honor. If it pleases the Court, the prosecution will prove ...