Mary had a little lamb, Its 1leece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day, Which was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school.
Fleece Unusual word
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Fleece/flis/��� ▶noun 1 the wool coat of a sheep. 2 a soft, warm fabric with a texture similar to sheep's wool, or a garment made from this.
History History
The nursery rhyme was first published by the Boston publishing firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon, as an original poem by Sarah Josepha Hale on May 24, 1830, and was inspired by an actual incident.
Young Mary Sawyer decided to take her little lamb to school one day at the suggestion of her brother.
Visiting Mary's school that day was a young man that was very taken by the presence of the lamb.
The next day he returned to the little red school house and handed Mary a piece of paper with the three original stanzas written upon it.
In the first recording of the human voice in 1877, Thomas Edison recited Mary Had a Little Lamb
The Redstone School is believed to be the one mentioned in the rhyme, it is now located in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
There is a statue of Mary's lamb in Sterling, Massachusetts.
This building incorporates the original “Redstone” schoolhouse, scene of the rhyme.