In literature, Mother Goose (French: Ma Mère l'Oye) is the archtypical countrywoman, the teller of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. No specific writer has ever been identified with the name, the first known mention of which appears in an aside in a versified chronicle of weekly happenings, that appeared regularly for several years, Jean Loret's La Muse Historique (in 1650?): comme un conte de la Mere Oye ("Like a Mother Goose story").
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