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When we are talking about Little Nursery Rhyme, pretty adorable in its nature that you may have heard of before,

it's called Mary Had a Little Lamb.

Oh wait a minute, was this Lam's fleece as wide as snow?

It was and there was something remarkable about it and that wherever Mary went, the lamb went as well.

Sounds like a stalker to me.

Little bit.

So this is pretty interesting in that this is controversial.

I mean this cute little nursery rhyme that every English speaking kid on the planet has heard at one time or another,

especially if you're a raised in America.

It may have had number one a real life origin.

In number two, there are two towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire where the local historical societies will fight each other with bike chains and brass knuckles if they run into one another in public.

Yeah, this is really interesting.

In Sterling, Massachusetts, if you go, you're going to see a little copper statue of a little lamb.

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