Mama Merganser
A literal "Mother Goose"!
Common merganser
The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (Mergus merganser) is a large duck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America.
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The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and merganser is derived from mergus and anser, Latin for "goose"[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_merganser
The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes[1] often published as Old Mother Goose's Rhymes, as illustrated by Arthur Rackham in 1913.
Marjorie Ainsworth Decker published a Christian version of the rhyme in her The Christian Mother Goose Book published in 1978:
There was an old woman
Who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children,
And loved them all, too.
She said, "Thank you Lord Jesus,
For sending them bread."
Then kissed them all gladly
and sent them to bed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_was_an_Old_Woman_Who_Lived_in_a_Shoe
an image of her leading an astonishing 76 ducklings across a lake
Spirit of America ('76):
Lumberjack Legends and American folklore, folktales
In the urban legends Bunyan is described as a Lumberjack of gigantic stature and size with titanic power and strength. In American folklore he and his blue Ox named Babe are said to be responsible for the creation of several American landscapes, landmarks and natural wonders.[15] For example they are said to have created the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota[16] by their footprints,[17] including Lake Bemidji[18][19][20], which indeed has the shape of a giant footprint resembling it when viewed from high above. Further Bunyan is said to have created the Grand Canyon by pulling his ax behind him,[21] and Mount Hood by putting stones on his campfire.[22] <P>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox are the names of a pair of large statues of the American folk hero Paul Bunyan and his ox, located in Bemidji, Minnesota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan_and_Babe_the_Blue_Ox
Paul Bunyan and Babe created Minnestota's 10,000 lakes by their footprints, and there was an old woman who lived in a shoe [that made the imprint of Lake Bemidji]...
She said, "Thank you Lord Jesus,
For sending them bread."
Then kissed them all gladly
and sent them to bed.
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Love this stuff! Thanks for the ping!
