Comments on: Old Mother Hubbard & Her Wonderful Dog

By: Jan Rhoades

Jan Rhoades — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 01:50:20 +0000

This little rhyme has absolutely made my day but has made my Missy pooch very envious.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 08:51:58 +0000

I thought I recognised this from a book, A Nursery Companion by Iona and Peter Opie, that I bought my children 2o odd years ago. However, when I found it, it contains a later reproduction and the last two lines of each verse are missing. It was interesting to read them. The introduction contains some history of the author, Sarah Catherine Martin, a spinster who was staying at the home of an MP. He tired of her constant chatter and encouraged her to find some way of entertaining herself on her own. Mother Hubbard was the result.

By: Caroline Murray

Caroline Murray — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 09:12:28 +0000

Wonderful: I’d never seen a coloured version before. There are a couple of books about the Catnachs (which you probably know!) by Charles Hindley, the bibliographer of ephemeral publishing: http://bit.ly/1PbH5db and http://bit.ly/1PoMjTL

By: Bronchitikat

Bronchitikat — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 09:01:21 +0000

Hey, I knew the first couplet of each verse, apart from the last, due to being fairly old and having been well educated in Nursery Rhymes. Thanks for the whole verses!

By: Jonathon Green

Jonathon Green — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 07:22:56 +0000

I suspect that the ‘great Jocko’ might refer to this: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Jacco_Macacco. The date is certainly right and while the spelling differs, I can find no contemporary dog of this name.

By: Janet M

Janet M — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 04:43:41 +0000

Miss P approves!