=Jack Amend-all=, a nickname given to Jack Cade, the rebel, who promised to remedy all abuses (*-1450). As a specimen of his reforms, take the following examples:— I, your captain, am brave, and vow reformation. There shall be in England seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny, the three hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.... When I am king, there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will apparel all in one livery.—Shakespeare, _2 Henry VI._ act iv. sc. 2 (1591). =Jack Hamlin=. Professional gambler and lady-killer, has an engagement to elope with the wife of Brown, of Calaveras. Brown, ignorant of the friend’s treachery, confides to him his love for the woman who, he knows, is preparing to leave him with “somebody.” Moved by the man’s distress, Jack takes horse and rides away _alone_.—Bret Harte, _Luck of Roaring Camp, etc._ (1872). =Jack and Jill=, said to be the Saxon and Norman stocks united. Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and cracked his crown, And Jill came tumbling after. _Nursery Rhyme_. Or thus: ’Twas not on Alpine ice or snow, But homely English soil: “Excelsior!” their motto was; They spared nor time nor toil; They did not go for fame or wealth, But went at duty’s call; And tho’ united in their aim, Were severed in their fall. =Jack and the Bean-Stalk=. Jack was a very poor lad, sent by his mother to sell a cow, which he parted with to a butcher for a few beans. His mother, in her rage, threw the beans away; but one of them grew during the night as high as the heavens. Jack climbed the stalk, and, by the direction of a fairy, came to a giant’s castle, where he begged food and rest. This he did thrice, and in his three visits stole the giant’s red hen which laid golden eggs, his money-bags, and his harp. As he ran off with the last treasure, the harp cried out, “Master! master!” which woke the giant, who ran after Jack; but the nimble lad cut the bean-stalk with an axe, and the giant was killed in his fall. ⁂ This is said to be an allegory of the Teutonic Al-fader: the “red hen” representing the all-producing sun, the “money-bags” the fertilizing rain, and the “harp” the winds. =Jack-in-the-Green=, one of the May-day mummers. ⁂ Dr. Owen Pugh says that Jack-in-the-Green represents Melvas, king of Somersetshire, disguised in green boughs, and lying in ambush for Queen Guenever, the wife of King Arthur, as she was returning from a hunting expedition. =Jack-o’-Lent=, a kind of Aunt Sally set up during Lent to be pitched at; hence puppet, a sheepish booby, a boy-page, a scarecrow. Mrs. Page says to Robin, Falstaff’s page: