History in Nursery Rhymes: Three Blind Mice

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On the 12th of October 1609, the popular children’s nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice was published in London. A version of this rhyme, together with music, was published inDeuteromelia (1609); the editor wasThomas Ravenscroft (c.1582-1635), still a teenager at the time of its publication. London life in the 1600s was hard for everyone. The capital was a stinky, dark city plagued by smog, disease and darkness, its streets packed with heavy traffic jams of horse...