Little Miss Muffet
Nursery Rhyme from Mother Goose

Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme

First appearance in print: 1805

Legend: Some think the poem refers to Mary, Queen of Scots.

Vocabulary

• tuffet, a footstool or low seat
• curds and whey, think cottage cheese!

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating of curds and whey;
There came a big spider,
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

The Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme appears in Blanche Fisher Wright's classic The Real Mother Goose collection.

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