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Jack Be Nimble
Jack Be Nimble 2 - WW Denslow - Project Gutenberg etext 18546

Real Name

Jack

First Appearance

“Jack Be Nimble” (nursery rhyme) (1800s)

Original Publisher

English Nursery Rhyme

Created by

Unknown

Origin[]

Jack Be Nimble is an English language nursery rhyme.

The most common version of the rhyme is:

Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over
The candlestick.

Origin and Meaning[]

Jumping candlesticks was a form of fortune telling and a sport. Good luck was said to be signalled by clearing a candle without extinguishing the flame.

Notes[]

The nursery rhyme first appeared in print in 1844. In the 1901 book Denslow’s Mother Goose, illustrator William Wallace Denslow portrayed Jack as a dog.

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