Jack Sprat

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Jack Sprat

Summary

Jack Sprat is a nursery rhyme[1]. It draws 644 Wikipedia views per month (nursery_rhyme category, ranking #31 of 51).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jack Sprat's instance of is recorded as nursery rhyme[3].
  • Jack Sprat's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Jack Sprat's composer is recorded as Samuel Arnold[5].
  • Jack Sprat's illustrator is recorded as Thomas Bewick[6].
  • Jack Sprat was performed by Olive Kline[7].
  • Jack Sprat's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Jack Sprat's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[9].
  • 1700 marks the founding of Jack Sprat[10].
  • Jack Sprat was released on 1639[11].
  • Jack Sprat's characters is recorded as Jack Sprat and wife[12].
  • Jack Sprat's main subject is eating[13].
  • Jack Sprat's main subject is idiosyncrasia[14].
  • Jack Sprat's main subject is Psychological compatibility[15].
  • Jack Sprat's main subject is fat[16].
  • Jack Sprat's main subject is married couple[17].
  • Jack Sprat's work available at URL is recorded as http://tei.it.ox.ac.uk/tcp/Texts-HTML/free/A18/A18943.html#index.xml-body.1_div.12[18].
  • Jack Sprat's work available at URL is recorded as https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A18943.0001.001/1:14?rgn=div1;view=fulltext[19].
  • Jack Sprat's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/BGMG052.html[20].
  • Jack Sprat's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes[21].
  • Jack Sprat's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[22].
  • Jack Sprat's published in is recorded as Gammer Gurton’s Garland[23].
  • Jack Sprat's published in is recorded as Mother Goose’s Melody[24].
  • Jack Sprat's published in is recorded as Parœmiologia anglo‐latina In uſum Scholarum concinnata[25].
  • Jack Sprat's published in is recorded as Paroimiographia[26].
  • Jack Sprat's published in is recorded as Juvenile Amuſement[27].

Why It Matters

Jack Sprat draws 644 Wikipedia views per month (nursery_rhyme category, ranking #31 of 51).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . quod.lib.umich.edu. quod.lib.umich.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 1h ago · Kiwigirl3850 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    First line Jack will eat no fat, and Jill doth love no leane.
    Characters Jack Sprat and wife
    Last line Yet betwixt them both they lick the diſhes cleane.
    Country of origin Kingdom of England
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1829]]: s:19479"
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