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May 3, 2024 · Lizzie Borden took an ax And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.
Mar 3, 2016 · Lizzie Borden Took An Axe and Gave Her Mother 40 Whacks! To this very day, the horrific tale of Lizzie Borden is still talked about. Lizzie Borden was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on July 19, 1860. When she was three years old, her mother Sarah Borden died, leaving both Lizzie and her elder sister, Emma motherless.
Apr 6, 2011 · You know the one: ”Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother 40 whacks, when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41.” Wasn’t her mother, it was her step mother. Was it an axe? Wasn’t 81 total, but closer to 28. Did Lizzie do it?
Somewhere in the decade after Borden’s acquittal, the Borden rhyme surfaced, writes The Providence Journal: “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what...
Aug 4, 2015 · Lizzie Borden took an ax. And gave her mother forty whacks. And when she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.
Jun 20, 2017 · The murder of Andrew Borden (Lizzie’s father) and Abby Borden (Lizzie’s stepmother) occurred on 4 August 1892, in the family home the two shared with Lizzie and her sister Emma. Andrew was killed by 11 blows with an axe or hatchet, and Abby by 18 – contrary to the nursery rhyme.
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Oct 10, 2005 · Lizzie was acquitted in court but convicted in verse: "Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41." James Starrs...