Little Miss Muffet’s first name was probably Patience. The heroine of the nursery rhyme is assumed to be Patience Moffat, the daughter of Thomas Moffat (d. 1604), an Elizabethan physician and author.

When Ms. Muffet decided she no longer liked wearing dresses, she turned to slacks. It was a fashion she soon decided had to be redressed. While trying on a pair of pants in Susan's Fashion Emporium, ...

Nursery rhymes may not make sense to the 21st-century child. What’s the tuffet that Little Miss Muffet sat on when the first copies of the rhyme appeared in England in 1553? A chair, a stool, a plant, ...

'The court will now hear case number 356-A, Miss Muffet vs. The Spider. Is the prosecution prepared to make an opening statement?" "Yes, Your Honor. If it pleases The Court, the prosecution will ...

Nursery rhymes may not make sense to the 21st-century child. What’s the tuffet that Little Miss Muffet sat on when the first copies of the rhyme appeared in England in 1553? A chair, a stool, a plant, ...

What is the tuffet upon which Little Miss Muffet sat when the first copies of the nursery rhyme appeared in 1553 in England? A chair, a stool, a plant, a stone or maybe a small animal? And what are ...

Not that many people have noticed its decline, but a once-immovable part of our national life seems to be finally on its way out. And there it goes: a whole cast of characters, herded towards the ...