" Who was Mother Goose? The answer to this, as to other questions suggested below, may be of no direct or special interest to the children themselves. But teachers should know some of the main conclusions arrived at by folklorists and others in their investigations of the traditional materials used for basic work in literature. All the evidence shows that Mother Goose as the name of the familiar old lady of the nursery came to us from France. Andrew Lang discovered a reference to her in a French poem of 1650, where she figures as a teller of stories. In 1697 Perrault's famous fairy tales were published with a frontispiece representing an old woman spinning, and telling tales to a man, a girl, a little boy, and a cat. On this frontispiece was the legend, Tales of Our Mother Goose.
Curry, Charles Madison; Clippinger, Erle Elsworth (2011-03-24). Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes (Kindle Locations 1304-1307). . Kindle Edition.
Curry, Charles Madison; Clippinger, Erle Elsworth (2011-03-24). Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes (Kindle Locations 1304-1307). . Kindle Edition.