Mother Goose Day!
So make some tea and poached eggs on toast with your children, and read some rhymes! Check out this site for free copies of Mother Goose’s Rhymes complete with beautiful illustrations, and also visit the Mother Goose Society online.
In addition to the legendary Mothers Goose listed on the Society’s site, our family found out that one of my ancestors, Joanna Blessing Towne, was know in the Boston area as “Mother Goose” to the locals. In fact, it was her sister who was married to a Goose. Very confusing… Tragically, Joanna’s daughters were caught up in the Witch Trials in Salem years afterward. Rebecca and Mary were hanged, Sarah’s life was spared after nine months confinement in deplorable conditions.
