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Mother Hubbard
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Old Mother Hubbard is a fictional character in an English language nursery rhyme first printed in 1805. In the poem, Mother Hubbard is a poor woman goes to the cupboard to get her dog a bone. But in the cupboard there is no bone, therefore her dog does not get a bone. There is a debate over whether Old Mother Hubbard is a widow.
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Old Mother Hubbard is a fictional character in an English language nursery rhyme first printed in 1805. In the poem, Mother Hubbard is a poor woman goes to the cupboard to get her dog a bone. But in the cupboard there is no bone, therefore her dog does not get a bone. There is a debate over whether Old Mother Hubbard is a widow.
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Book or Monograph Title:
Who was Old Mother Hubbard?: A Modern Sermon
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher Name:
G. P. Putnam's sons
Year:
1882
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https://books.google.com/books?id=4-U_AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=mother+hubbard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7wa7KytDYAhVHzFMKHeXEAxMQ6AEIUzAI#v=onepage&q=mother%20hubbard&f=false
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