Before any lamb could be offered as a sacrifice, it had to be examined thoroughly and be declared spotless (Numbers 28:9). An animal that was impure or deformed could not be offered.

Mary had a little lamb. This much any child could tell you. But what’s less remembered is the whole story of what happened to Mary and her lamb. Though the poem’s origins are a bit murky, ...

Sarah Josepha Hale published Poems for our Children in 1830, and her collection included an extended version of ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’. In 1876 Mary Sawyer, by then known as Mary Tyler, proclaimed ...

The lamb was shooed out, where it then waited outside until Mary took her home during lunch. The next day, John Roulstone, a student a year or two older, handed Mary a piece of paper with a poem he’d ...

Dating back to the 1800s, “Mary Had a Little Lamb” is an American nursery rhyme from the nineteen century. The verse was first published by Marsh, Capen & Lyon, a Boston publishing outfit, as ...

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and La MaMa Kids will present the world premiere of the new puppet musical Mary Had A Little Lamb And Also A Substitute Teacher as part of its 60th season.