Talk:This Is the House That Jack Built

message: Edit: 24/11/2006 - The version that was previously here had "judge" in place of "priest" and "rooster" in place of "cock", neither of which are in the original form of the rhyme. I have added a note at the bottom of the rhyme about these subsititions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.170.194.17 (talk) 03:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: One problem I have with this is that the existing set of lyrics are unsourced. But if it is British in origin, "judge" must be wrong since judges cannot and never have been able to solemnise matrimony. That was a priestly function and subsequently something that may be carried out in other ways, but never by judges. Francis Davey (talk) 21:14, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Word substitutions

message: The Origin and History quotes "The rhyme is derived from a Hebrew hymn in Sepher Haggadah". This looks to me to be a reference to the Aramaic hymn Chad Gadya sung at the Passover Seder and recorded in the Haggadah of Pesach. The source (Reference 1, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England, p. 6]) claims this is the origin of the tale, but variants are found around the world, and it might be safer to say that it's the earliest example of this type of cumulative tale that we have.--Annielogue (talk) 07:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That connection is now expressed with doubt: "although this is an early cumulative tale that may have inspired the form, the lyrics bear little relationship". I see no reason to keep this article in :Category:Jewish folk songs, and I am removing that Category tag. --Thnidu (talk) 05:44, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Connection to Jewish song

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thread_title:  [[:File:Randolph Caldecott illustration2.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: I seem to distinctly recall that this article previously gave the full text of this nursery rhyme. Why has it been removed? Old as it is, it surely cannot be because it is copyrighted! The Grand Rascal (talk) 14:54, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Actual Text? 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Withdrawn. Oops. Thanks. (non-admin closure) —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 23:47, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: No comment on " per MOS:INCIPIT" but oppose the others per MOS:TITLECAPS (that is a relative pronoun that should definitely be capped). It needs to be capitalized in the last item as well, with dates added to the parenthetical disambiguaters to distinguish the two play articles. Deor (talk) 23:28, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 2 May 2024