What are the origins of the Lizzie Borden rhyme?

I've always thought that it was the type of rhyme that could be attributed to kids jumping rope. read more

I suppose it’s possible that someone actually wrote it, but imagine kids jumping rope and singing, “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks, and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty one. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and so on, trying to get to at least 41. read more

The Legend of Lizzie Borden, a 1975 ABC film based on the case, in which Lizzie was played by Elizabeth Montgomery. It was later discovered that Montgomery and Borden were sixth cousins once removed, both descending from 17th-century Massachusetts resident John Luther. read more