Match the characters to their deeds
1. Bobby Shafto
2. Billy Boy
3. Georgie Porgie
4. Jack
5. Knave of Hearts
6. Little Bo Peep
7. Little Boy Blue
8. Little Jack Horner
9. Little Miss Muffet
10. Little Polly Flanders
11. Little Robin Redbreast
12. Mary
13. Old King Cole
14. Old Mother Hubbard
15. Peter
16. Polly
17. Queen of Hearts
18. Simple Simon
19. Tom
20. Tummy Tucker
22. Tweedledum and Tweedledee
23. Wee Willie Winkie
___ stole some tarts, but learned his lesson
___ sat in a corner eating a Christmas pie
___ shepherd boy who fell fast asleep
___ pumpkin eater who kept his wife in a pumpkin shell
___ piper's son who stole a pig
___ quite contrary; had a garden
___ a merry old soul
___ met a pieman going to the fair
___ charming boy gone to seek a wife
___ kissed the girls and made them cry
___ found a bar cupboard
___ lost her sheep
___ nimble and quick; jumped over a candlestick
___ ran through town his nightgown
___ sang for his supper
___ sat among the cinders and got punished
___ were about to battle over a rattle
___ had an encounter with a cat
___ made some tarts
___ put the kettle on for tea
___ frightened off her tuffet by a spider
___ went to sea
Nursery Rhyme Answers: a-5, b-8, c-7, d-15, e-19, f-12, g-13, h-18, i-2, j-3, k-14, l-6, m-4, n-23, o-20, p-10, q-22, r-11, s-17, t-16, u-9, v-1.
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