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JACK AND JILL
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Jack and Jill is rooted hundreds of years ago in a tale from Norse mythology. In this myth, Hjuki (pronounced “juk-ee”) and Bil are the children of a widower named Vidfinn who, although not a cruel man, works both of them very hard.
One day Vidfinn sends the children to get a bucket of water from a nearby well. From his seat high in the sky, Mani, the moon god, having seen Hjuki and Bil’s plight, sweeps down in his silver chariot, and kidnaps them. He takes them to the moon where their figures allegedly can be seen.
When the phases of the moon move from new to full, first the figure of Jack and then Jill appear on the surface (“hill”). When the moon moves from full to new, Jack disappears first (“falls down”) and then Jill later (“tumbling after”).
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