Talk:Little Jack Horner
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[edit] Color me skeptical
The claim that this rhyme is about a real person named Horner--presented here as fact--strikes me as something that very much needs a cite from a reputable source. It has the air of a not-so-very-old urban legend, like the (false) claim that Ring Around the Rosie is about the Black Death.
The many joke versions of the poem need citation too--without some indication that these parodies are notable, they should just go. Nareek 05:08, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Here is a website giving the "real person" theory:
Beware, there is a horrible pop-up on that page. Ogg 19:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Jacob Horner
Have added a reference to Jacob Horner, the protagonist of John Barth's second book, The End of the Road. --Teetotaler
