Talk:Mother Goose

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...i read somewhere that Mother Goose(there was no name for her) was married to Isaac Goose.

Contents 1 As a slang term? 2 Iona Opie 3 Mother Goose of Boston 4 Contradiction of Information re. Burial Site

[edit] As a slang term?

The term 'Mother Goose' has been adopted as a slang term in the United Kingdom, and refers to a neurotic woman who fusses too much over those who are in her charge.

Never heard of it, and Newsbank doesn't confirm. The slang term for a neurotic overprotector is "mother hen" (e.g. Mother hen parenting is no way to nurture, Daily Mail, The (London, England) November 16, 2005. Tearlach 03:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Iona Opie

It says that Iona Opie disagrees with the only two origins presented in the article, but it doesn't offer Opie's explanation. Seems kind of like it should if Opie is really the world authority on this subject... Vesperal 19:40, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mother Goose of Boston

The whole concept of Boston's Mother Goose is a complete fraud. Boston is my home town. After Mary Goose died, hed children and other descendants spread the false story that she was the original "Mother Goose" just for the publicity. Her name was Goose and she was a mother, but she had absolutely NOTHING to do with the fictional Mother Goose to whom fairy tales for children had been attributed. Most of those stories originated in France with Perrault. Dick Kimball 04:14, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

For corroboration please follow this external link for [Mother Goose]. Dick Kimball 04:14, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction of Information re. Burial Site

This page contains information about the burial site of Mother Goose, however there is a contradiction with the Wiki Page "Sr Olave Hart Street". Nmmilner (talk) 07:48, 7 June 2008 (UTC)