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There is debate over whether the rhyme and song are really about Mary Anning but either way it is a good way to remember her story.( https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2017/07/she-sells-seashells-and-mary- anning-metafolklore-with-a-twist/ ) She Sells Seashells by the Seashore Tongue Twister She sells seashells by the seashore, The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.

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There is debate over whether the rhyme and song are really about Mary Anning but either way it is a good way to remember her story.( https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2017/07/she-sells-seashells-and-mary-anning-metafolklore-with-a-twist/)

She Sells Seashells by the SeashoreTongue Twister

She sells seashells by the seashore,The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.So if she sells seashells on the seashore,Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

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The tongue twister, "She sells seashells by the seashore," is included in a song by Terry Sullivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StZPSe7mKSA

SHE SELLS SEASHELLS From the London Drury Lane Show "Dick Whittington & His Cat" (1908) (Harry Gifford (m) Terry Sullivan (l)) Wilkie Bard (London Stage Production) - 1908

I've just had a letter to say I'm engaged To appear in the pantomime; The part I've to play is the principle boy, So I'm in for a beautiful time. The panto's "Dick Whittington", I'm Dirty Dick, The fellow who once rode to York. The manager says I must get a good song, About which the public will talk. I've commissioned some authors tom write me a song; A very fine chorus they've sent me along!

She sells seashells on the seashore, The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure, For if she sells seashells on the seashore, Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

The seashells she sells are a terrible sell;And the song is a "sell" also. The authors both say it will go very big, But I fear I an all that will go! I've suffered from lockjaw, and stickjaw as well, In trying this chorus to sing. It's making me lisp, but I shay to myshelf, "The shong's sure to go with a shwing". I'm dreaming of seashells when I am in bed, I only wish she would sell matches instead!

She sells seashells on the seashore, The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure, For if she sells seashells on the seashore, Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2016)

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Was Mary Anning the inspiration for “she sells seashells on the seashore?” We’ll take a closer look in this post. The picture is an 1850 pastel drawing by B. J. M. Donne, who knew Mary Anning personally, and is itself a copy of a painting done in 1842 by an unknown artist. This version resides in the Geological Society in London, and the image is in the public domain.

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Other tongue twistershttp://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!

I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

There was a fisherman named Fisherwho fished for some fish in a fissure.Till a fish with a grin,pulled the fisherman in.Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.

Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.

Four furious friends fought for the phone.