Writing - Nursery Rhyme: Woman in a Shoe

Other speculations surrounding the rhyme state that its meaning had to do with young brides. In order to conceive, a young bride would have to put on the shoe of a woman who had children. This would assure her of having many children but, alas, she could wind up having way too many children.

In 1978, Marjorie Ainsworth Decker published what has been referred to as a Christian version of the rhyme. In Ms. Decker’s version, rather than whipping the children before sending them off to bed, she has the old woman kissing them before sending them off to bed.

Another short rhyme of only four lines, this quiz will include lines and/or phrases that will need to be translated, as well as questions and/or statements about the rhyme. In addition, as it is a writing quiz, you are being asked to write down each of the quiz sentences/phrases as given in Spanish and then see if you can write out the English translation and/or answer. Match up your translation and/or answer to what has been given here to see if what you wrote matches up to one of the given answers. Don’t forget to select what you believe is the correct answer.