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Nursery Rhyme Jack Sprat. Rate this nursery rhyme. Rate this nursery rhyme. Jack Spratt could eat no fat His wife could eat no lean And so betwixt them both you see They licked the platter clean. This old nursery rhyme is called Jack Sprat could eat no fat enjoy your reading.
Jack will eat not fat and Jull. Later on around 1765 it was collected in a nursery songs book the Mother Gooses Melody Historically there are many theories about the character of Jack Sprat but there are no many evidences to support those suppositions. Heres one more version from Traditional Nursery Songs of England with Pictures by Eminent Modern Artists edited by Felix Summerly 1843. This old nursery rhyme is called Jack Sprat could eat no fat enjoy your reading. There are different theories that the rhyme might be even older and already existed in the 12th century. Nimble Jack and Jill Jack Sprat and Little Jack Horner.
As with many nursery rhymes Jack Sprat may have originated as a satire on a public figure.
Jack Spratt could eat no fat His wife could eat no lean And so betwixt them both you see They licked the platter clean. Jack Spratt could eat no fat His wife could eat no lean And so betwixt them both you see They licked the platter clean. It is still happening today in kids books that are inspired by rhymes like Jack B. Jack will eat not fat and Jull. Help feed Jack and his wife eat the foods they like. History writer Linda Alchin suggests that Jack was King Charles I who was left lean when parliament denied him taxation but with his queen Henrietta Maria he was free to lick the platter clean after he dissolved parliamentCharles was a notably.