There are many versions of this horrifying story. The Muffin Man, also known as the Drury Lane Dicer, was the first known serial killer in England. His name was Frederic Thomas Lynwood, and he was born in 1563 and died in 1612. There are many accounts of Lynwood’s crimes, however, no surviving records. This is either one hell of a folklore story or one of history’s most creepy mysteries. Show
"The Muffin Man" is a traditional nursery rhyme, children's song, or children's game of English origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7922. The man in question, who lived on Drury Lane in London, may have been a man whose profession was delivering baked goods such as English muffins, or he may have been an impoverished beggar man (like a ragamuffin). The most widely known lyrics are as follows:
Origins and meaning[edit]The rhyme was first recorded in a British manuscript circa 1820, that is preserved in the Bodleian Library with lyrics very similar to those used today:
Sheet music for Harry King's setting of the song performed by Dan Leno (1889) Victorian households had many of their fresh foods delivered, such as muffins, which were delivered door-to-door by a vendor known as a muffin man. The "muffin" in question was the bread item known as an English muffin, not the typically sweeter U.S. variety of muffin.[2] Drury Lane is a thoroughfare bordering Covent Garden in London. The rhyme and game appear to have spread to other countries in the mid-nineteenth century, particularly the US and the Netherlands. As with many traditional songs, there are regional variations in wording; for example, another popular English version substitutes "Dorset Lane" for Drury Lane,[1] while in the Dutch version (entitled Zeg ken jij de mosselman), mussels are substituted for muffins, and Scheveningen, the fishermans harbour near the Hague, for Drury Lane.[3] In Volume 5 of his contemporary account of the London Prize Ring, Boxiana, published in 1829, Pierce Egan writes of an attempted fix (or "cross") of a match scheduled for October 18, 1825, between Reuben Marten and Jonathan Bissel ("Young Gas"). Young Gas refused to take the bribe and one week later identified the person who offered him £200 to throw the fight as a "Mr. Smith, a muffin-baker in Gray's Inn Lane." Young Gas also identified the "gentlemen" who employed the muffin-baker to act as go between, but those gentlemen denied involvement claiming they did not have "the slightest knowledge of the muffin-man." Iona and Peter Opie observed that, although the rhyme had remained fairly consistent, the game associated with it has changed at least three times including: as a forfeit game, a guessing game, and a dancing ring.[1] In The Young Lady's Book (1888), Matilda Anne Mackarness described the game as:
Verses beyond those described in the book have been sung. For example, the song may be concluded, "We all know the Muffin Man ..." As the libel trial between actor Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard continues, attention has shifted towards a bizarre mention of the ‘muffin man’. If you haven’t been following, Dr Shannon Curry, a psychologist hired by Depp’s legal team to evaluate Amber Heard, mentioned her husband had brought baked goods into the office. Curry’s husband, Ty, has since been dubbed the ‘muffin man’ on social media following Dr Curry’s attempts to clarify the situation. Amid the odd exchange during the Depp-Heard trial, we unpack everything we know about Dr Shannon Curry’s husband and why he is now being dubbed the ‘muffin man’.
 Depp-Heard trial sees bizarre exchange about muffinsJohnny Depp is suing ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in the US state of Virginia over a 2018 article she wrote for the Washington Post. There certainly have been some stand-out moments in the trial but psychologist Dr Shannon Curry and Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, got into an odd exchange that may have just taken the biscuit. Dr Curry eventually asked to clarify the situation so she could “stop talking about muffins”, Newsweek reports. “You said you brought muffins from your husband and you gave those to Ms Heard, correct?” Heard’s lawyer asked Dr Curry. The clinical psychologist replied: “May I clarify what occurred so we can stop talking about the muffins? What happened was I was getting ready that morning (and) I frequently bring muffins to the office. “My husband did happen to know there was going to be a celebrity client coming in because on the morning that occurs, which often occurs, we have to clear the office and move staff to the other office. “So yes, on the one hand, he was aware of that. I was getting ready, I asked him to go to the bakery near our house and pick up the muffins for me because I was running late. He often has to do that because I often do run late. “He brought the muffins back to the house (and) I brought them into the office. Ms Heard and I enjoyed the muffins together. I think I made a comment to her along the lines of ‘my husband got these for us today’, meaning he purchased the muffins, we are now enjoying them because of him.”
Social media users dub Dr Shannon Curry’s husband the ‘muffin man’Following Dr Curry’s exchange with Elaine Bredehoft, the psychologist’s husband has been dubbed the ‘muffin man’ by social media users. One person tweeted: “Dr Shannon Curry’s husband will go down in history as the muffin man.” Another wrote: “So we all agree Dr Shannon Curry’s husband is the muffin man?”
View Tweet Some Twitter users have been comparing the repetitive exchange to the muffin man scene in the first Shrek movie as the Gingerbread Man is interrogated by Lord Farquaad:
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View Tweet Who is Dr Shannon Curry’s husband?Obviously, Dr Shannon Curry’s husband isn’t an actual baker, as clarified in court. According to an Instagram post on the Curry Psychology Group page, Dr Curry is married to a man named Ty. The couple tied the knot in April 2021 during a ceremony at a courthouse. The Instagram post reads: “When Shannon was nervous about it Ty said to her, ‘It’s ok, we are just going to choose to be married today and every day.'” View Instagram Post Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers | Official TrailerBridTV 9738 Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers | Official Trailer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F4Z0GHWHe60/hqdefault.jpg 1001413 1001413 center 22886 Have something to tell us about this article? Let us know Shania Wilson Shania is a Magazine Journalism graduate from the University of Derby. Her main passion is rooted in print journalism, however, she also branches out towards social media and is also interested in public relations. Outside of writing, Shania enjoys using social media, reading, and drinking coffee. Does the muffin man have a wife?This Unidentified woman is the wife of the Muffin Man, as stated by Gingy in Shrek (film).
Why was Lord Farquaad interrogating Gingy?Gingy is first seen being interrogated about the whereabouts of other fairytale creatures in Lord Farquaad's dungeon. Farquaad has ordered his henchman Thelonious to torture Gingy by: Ripping off his legs, and dunking him in a glass of milk.
Which Shrek is the muffin man?The Muffin Man is the creator and "father" of Gingy and Mongo. He first appears in Shrek 2.
Is Pin Pon the muffin man?But think about it–how funny would this be to Spanish-speakers who have no idea what the muffin man is? So, when I watched the scene in Spanish, I found out that they actually dubbed in a conversation involving Pin Pon, a Puerto Rican children's song. Awesome!
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