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204. Jack, Colonel. See Colonel Jack. Jack and Jill. An English nursery song. Jill or Gill is an abbreviation of the once common feminine name Gillian or Julian (L. Julian a ). In Icelandic mythology, Jack and Jill are two children kidnapped by the moon, while drawing water, which is carried on their shoulders in a bucket suspended from a pole. The Swedish peasants still account for the moon-spots in this way. A play with this title was popular at the English court between 1567 and 1578. Jack and the Bean-stalk. An English nursery tale, founded on a world-wide myth. It is found among the Zulus of South Africa and the North American Indians, as well as among the races of Aryan descent. Jack and the Bean-stalk may be added to the series of English nursery tales derived from the Teutonic. The bean-stalk is a descendant of the wonderful ash in the "Edda."