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Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a Song of Sixpence. … a tale of mischievous blackbirds wrecking havoc. History.

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Sing a Song of Sixpence

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  1. Sing a Song of Sixpence … a tale of mischievous blackbirds wrecking havoc

  2. History • It is known that a 16th-century amusement was to place live birds in a pie, as a form of entremetwhich was a medieval entertainment combining luxury dishes and plays, served and performed between the courses of a royal banquet. • Live birds were slipped into a baked pie shell through a hole cut in its bottom and birds would be released once the upper crust was cut into. • An Italian cookbook from the 1500’s contained such a recipe.

  3. Origins of rhyme • The rhyme's origins are uncertain. A reference was supposed to have been made in one of Shakespeare’s plays (early 1600’s). • Meaning/interpretation: • The rhyme has been tied to a variety of historical events/folklore symbols such as the queen symbolizing the moon, the king the sun, and the blackbirds the number of hours in a day; or, the blackbirds have been seen as an allusion to monks during the period of Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, with Catherine of Aragon representing the queen, and Anne Boleyn is maid. The rye and the birds have been seen to represent a tribute sent to Henry VII, From a folklore tradition, the blackbird taking the maid's nose has been seen as a demon stealing her soul.

  4. Interactivity • Playful element: • Clicking on certain hotspots will cause the birds to create mischief. • Educational element: • In order to get to the next element you have to participate in a counting game or spelling game, or hide and seek) drag and drop certain objects certain places.

  5. InteractivityCounting game/ hide and seek/spelling game • Clicking different parts of the animation (on rollover a different number will be revealed) and you have to drag the bird in sequence to a certain area to move to the next level or clicking and dragging objects to find a blackbird behind it etc.

  6. Scene 1

  7. Scene 2:When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish, To set before the king?

  8. Scene 3:Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie

  9. Scene 4:The king was in his counting house, Counting out his money;

  10. Scene 5:The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey.

  11. Scene 6:The maid was in the garden, Hanging out the clothes, When down came a blackbird And pecked off her nose.

  12. Thanks for listening!

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