When Jack fell down and broke his crown, who came tumbling after?
Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme) the tax remained the same. This meant that he still received more tax, despite Parliament's veto. Hence "Jack fell down and broke his crown" (many pint glasses in the UK still have a line marking the 1/2 pint level with a crown above it) "and Jill came tumbling after". The reference to "Jill" (actually a "gill", or 1/4 pint) is said to reflect that the gill dropped in volume as a consequence. The suggestion has also been made that Jack and Jill represent Louis XVI of France, who was deposed and beheaded in 1793 (lost his crown), and his Queen
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down And the Walls Came Tumbling Down And the Walls Came Tumbling Down is a 1989 autobiography written by African-American civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy. The book charts his life and work with his best friend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in their leadership of the Civil Rights Movement to help African-Americans obtain equal rights with white Americans. His book engendered much controversy due to Abernathy's allegations of King's infidelity the night before he was assassinated. Ralph Abernathy was a leader of the African-American civil rights movement, along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom he met in 1954; they