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The Jingle Book (1899):
“The Butter Betty Bought”
by Carolyn Wells, Oliver Herford

The Jingle Book

Title: “The Butter Betty Bought”

Medium: nursery rhyme

Publication date: 1899

Publisher: Macmillan
Written by: Carolyn Wells
Art by: Oliver Herford


1 characters in this story:

Character
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Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Betty Botter Betty Botter
(lead character)
non-feature lead character
  [bought some bitter butter] Macmillan 4

"Betty Botter" is a tongue twister originally published with the title "The Butter Betty Bought." It was included in The Jingle Book (1899) by Carolyn Wells. By the mid-1900s, the rhyme had become part of Mother Goose collections of nursery rhymes.