In the nursery rhyme to which town was the man in the moon going?
Man in the Moon in the moon came tumbling down And asked his way to Norwich; He went by the south and burnt his mouth With supping cold pease porridge.</poem> One tradition sees a figure of a man carrying a wide burden on his back. He is sometimes seen as accompanied by a small dog. Various cultures recognise other examples of lunar pareidolia, such as the Moon rabbit. In the Northern Hemisphere, a common Western perception of the face has it that the figure's eyes are Mare Imbrium and Mare Serenitatis, its nose is Sinus Aestuum, and its open mouth is Mare Nubium and
Man in the Moon and trapped on the Moon. There is a traditional belief that the Man in the Moon enjoyed drinking, especially claret. An old ballad runs (original spelling): <poem> Our man in the moon drinks clarret, With powder-beef, turnep, and carret. If he doth so, why should not you Drink until the sky looks blew?</poem> In the English Middle Ages and renaissance, the Moon was held to be the god of drunkards, and at least three London taverns were named "The Man in the Moone". The man in the Moon is named in an early dated English nursery rhyme: <poem> The man