Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme) and brown paper were a home cure used as a method to draw out bruises on the body. Jack is the most common name used in English-language nursery rhymes and represented an archetypal Everyman hero by the 18th century, while Jill or Gill had come to mean a young girl or a sweetheart by the end of the Middle Ages. However, the woodcut that accompanied the first recorded version of the rhyme showed two boys (not a boy and a girl) and used the spelling Gill not Jill. The true origin of the rhyme is unknown, but there are several
Nora S. Unwin ownership and options. Nora was a twin and one of five children. She never married. The Unwin family still lives in Surrey, a few in USA and Cyprus as well. A few are aspiring artists like their 'Aunt Nora'. Nora S. Unwin Nora Spicer Unwin (February 22, 1907– January 1, 1982) was a children's book illustrator and author. She was born near London, England, in a family already renowned for publishing and printing circles and for founding three different publishing houses, most notably Allen & Unwin. Nora grew up with a passion for art. Her parents converted the upstairs nursery