agree, he read english childrens' stories and mother goose would have likely been included.


-----Original Message-----
From: Don Johnson <chtodel@COX.NET>
To: NABOKV-L <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wed, Apr 16, 2014 9:08 pm
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] Jansy's and

Susan’s answer re Jansy’s  query is  certainly on target. I would add that “plum” as in “plum good”  or “plum smart” was quite
common in my semi-ruralIndiana  childhood---possibly echoing its use in the old English childrens’ rhyme.  Don Johnson
 
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 5:30 AM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] QUERY: Plums and Easter eggs
 
In response to Jansy's inquiry, I assume that Nabokov has in mind the English nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner," in which the title character pulls out a hidden plum from a pie and then congratulates himself.

:) SES

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Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
Co-Editor, NABOKV-L
 
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