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"Lizzie Borden took an ax/ And gave her mother forty whacks./ When she saw what she had done,/ She gave her father forty-one." This is a nursery rhyme that some kids chant when they skip rope or play games. But this sinister rhyme has a lot more meaning to it than a kid's game. Who was Lizzie Borden? Is she really an axe murderer?
By Andi"Lizzie Borden took an ax/ And gave her mother forty whacks./ When she saw what she had done,/ She gave her father forty-one." This is a nursery rhyme that some kids chant when they skip rope or play games. But this sinister rhyme has a lot more meaning to it than a kid's game. Who was Lizzie Borden? Is she really an axe murderer?