Little Jack Horner

An Elf in the Corner Is Jack a boy at all?

An Elusive Jack Has he been sent to the corner, or is he hiding there?

The Hearth of the Matter Is Jack just a good boy, innocently sitting where it’s warm?

Cheeky, Yet Winsome Jack Who could stay angry with this tousle-haired little angel?

Sneaky Jack Discovered! Nefarious Jack and the girl who blows his cover

A Kinder, Gentler Jack The non-threatening multicultural representation

Textual/Historical Information

Various Meanings and Historical Allusions This leads to various disputes in interpretations,

See the various websites for additional details:

Britania.com
www.britannia.com/history/reftime.html

Chadds Ford Historical Society
www.chaddsfordhistory.org/history/hist6.htm

eHistory.com
www.ehistory.com/world/amit/display.cfm?amitid1660

History Learning Site
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_xmas.htm

Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1old.html

Versions and Variants

Textual Versions and Variants - A complete listing of the versions and variants of this rhyme

Visual Versions and Variants - A comparative listing of all associated within Eclipse

Rhyme Specific Bibliography

Catholic Encyclopedia 2nd Ed. New York, New York: Thomas Gale, 2002.

Carey, Henry. The Poems of Henry Carey. London, England: The Scholartis Press, 1930.

Carey, Henry. (1970) A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling. Los Angeles, California: University of California, 1926.

Opie, Iona and Peter Opie, Comps. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1951.

Pearshall, Judy and Trumble, Bill. The Oxford English Reference Dictionary. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2002.