Jack and Jill, an English nursery rhyme. The story has its origin probably in an old Scandinavian myth. According to this story Jack and Jill were two children whose father compelled them to draw water all day long. They carried the water in a bucket slung upon a pole, the ends of which rested on the children's shoulders. The Moon in pity stole the children that they might be free from their hard labor. To this day their figures may be seen in the moon and are pointed out by the Scandinavian peasants to the little folks as we point out the man in the moon. The English rhyme has undergone many changes, but the two children and the pail of water remain a part of it.