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, ...

When it comes to classic nursery rhymes, "Little Miss Muffet" is right up there with "Humpty Dumpty" and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." Here are answers to all your burning questions about the history of ...

But there also is another tuffet - a rounded clump of grass that might make a comfortable seat for Miss Muffet. Children’s books often have drawings of Miss Muffet on a stool, not a tuffet. And even ...

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 ...