KIDS QUIZ
FAIRY TALES
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Question
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The butcher’s wife
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The farmer’s wife
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The carpenter’s wife
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The candlestick maker’s wife
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Detailed explanation-1: -They all ran after the farmer’s wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Detailed explanation-2: -Did you ever see such a sight in your life As three blind mice? They all ran after the farmer’s wife, she cut off their tails with a carving knife, did you ever see such a sight in your life!
Detailed explanation-3: -The three blind mice were three Protestant loyalists who were accused of plotting against Queen Mary I. The farmer’s wife refers to the queen who with her husband, King Philip of Spain, owned large estates. The three men were burned at the stake.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ivimey entitled The Complete Version of Ye Three Blind Mice, fleshes the mice out into mischievous characters who seek adventure, eventually being taken in by a farmer whose wife chases them from the house and into a bramble bush, which blinds them.