英语词汇mary had a little lamb的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

To see a lamb in school . . . There seems to be no doubt that the Mary and little lamb in the well-known nursery rhyme were real, but there is some uncer- tainty about who wrote the poem. Sara Josepha Hale first pub- lished the 24-line verse over her initials in the September 1830 issue of Juvenile Miscellany. Over the years it became known that it was based on the true experiences of 11-year-old Mary Sawyer, who had a pet lamb that followed her to the school- house at Redstone Hill in Boston one day in 1817. In fact, Mary Sawyer a half century later confirmed the story during a cam- paign to save the famous Old South Church of Boston from be- ing torn down.

词汇	mary had a little lamb
词源	Mary had a little lamb. Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go; He followed her to school one day, That was against the rule; It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb in school . . . There seems to be no doubt that the Mary and little lamb in the well-known nursery rhyme were real, but there is some uncer- tainty about who wrote the poem. Sara Josepha Hale first pub- lished the 24-line verse over her initials in the September 1830 issue of Juvenile Miscellany. Over the years it became known that it was based on the true experiences of 11-year-old Mary Sawyer, who had a pet lamb that followed her to the school- house at Redstone Hill in Boston one day in 1817. In fact, Mary Sawyer a half century later confirmed the story during a cam- paign to save the famous Old South Church of Boston from be- ing torn down.
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