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"The Muffin Man" is a traditional nursery rhyme of English origin. Victorian households had many of their fresh foods delivered, such as muffins, which were delivered door-to-door by a muffin man. https://t.co/sDtKULIRtz

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"Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning,
This is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands,
On a cold and frosty morning."

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The nursery rhyme Jack & Jill dates back at least to 18thC England. In the 16thC the words Jack & Jill implied a boy & girl romantically involved, as referenced by Shakespeare & the old English proverb. “A good Jack makes a good Jill.”
Art: Walter Crane

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"Ring Around the Rosie" a suitably debatable for the times. Where children dance in a circle & curtsey to the center 'rose tree.' Later argued to represent the Great (Rosy rash; posies to ward off the smell of we all fall down!

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Roman deity Fortuna, goddess of luck & chance, was sometimes known by other names to reflect different types of luck, such as Fortuna Dubia (dubious fortune), Fortuna Brevis (fickle fortune) and Fortuna Mala (bad luck). More Fortuna -> https://t.co/y4BVAp7j5Z

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In the Outer Hebrides, Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) was used to prevent the theft of milk by witchcraft.

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In the Divine Comedy, thieves are locked in an eternal struggle with snakes and reptiles, which strike them them and steal their forms. As in life they didn't respect others' property, so in death even their bodies are not their own.

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The Fae take what they believe mortals deserve to lose. When mortals cursed their lot, the Fae stole their possessions, leaving them, in dire poverty. Many methods were used to thwart fairy paths,most popular was burning embers in a sowen,none worked.

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Although the Resurrection Men sold corpses, legally a body was not property. Bodies were often stripped; it was a felony to steal shrouds or silver coffin fittings. [Image-Thomas Rowlandson, 1775]
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The biggest trickster among would have to be the Raven. According to an old Haida tale; in the beginning, the world was in total darkness. With a mischievous plan, Raven succeeds in stealing the sun, moon, & stars! Spilling them across the sky for all.

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After the patriarch, Lot, & his family escaped Sodom,his two daughters inebriated&raped him in order to procreate. During the Renaissance,the story was often depicted in the artistic Weibermacht topos to warn men of women’s seductive powers&reverse gender roles

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Meet Susanna&the Elders.She just wanted to bathe without disturbances.The voyeuristic Elders tried to blackmail her into bed.She refused,got arrested,facing the death penalty 4 promiscuity until Daniel exposed the vicious lechers who were killed for their sins

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In Greek mythology, Hermes often plays the devious trickster. He is the patron god of & the inventor of The godly messenger is able to move freely between the mortal & divine realms. If any god was going to steal from you, it would be

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Amazonomachy, a mythical battle, drenched in theft and abduction, between the ancient Greeks and the all-female warrior Amazons that is perceived as the rise of feminism in Greek culture.

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A Sin Eater was a ritualistic figure in Europe from the 1600's to the 1800's.

Outcasts of their own village, their purpose was to appear at funerals, recite a prayer and eat a meal off of the body of the deceased, thus taking the sins upon themselves.

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The first sin was Angelic: Lucifer Morningstar refused to honour the Divine Image in Humanity, creatures of clay. He was cast forth from Heaven, taking a third of all angels with him. Ever after, as Satan, he has contended with God for human souls! Art: W. Blake

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In English Folklore, Wicked Jenny or Jenny Greenteeth is a river hag that would pull children into the water to drown.
(Brian Froud Art)

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A Grimm tale of four skilled brothers, a stolen princess and an angry dragon.

Sent away by their father to learn a craft, a a tailor, an astronomer, and a hunter, do they have the right skills to save the stolen princess? 🐲 https://t.co/YXvhfZ5YeT

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