...situation in Britain where doctors' waiting rooms carried advertisements with such slogans as "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children because she did not know what to do." 27. Coogan, p. 623. 28. The Free State had a population of 2.9...

...giggles; Whoever knew such constant rattling, Wriggling, giggling, noise, and tattling. Women There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many...do; She gave them some broth without any bread; She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed. Excerpted from The Real Mother Goose 1916. What messages...

...purse, You'll never do worse, And give this poor singer a penny. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe There was an old woman Who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, She didn't know what to do. So she gave them some broth, With lots of rye bread, Then kissed them all sweetly And put them to bed....