origin of "Polly want a cracker"?

[Peter_Morris]

@samclem

Nothing. It was extremely common for magazines to have filler, including short jokes. I have no doubt you could have found the same joke as filler in many magazines from the turn of the century.

Then in what sense are “jacks becoming cheap” ?

[Dunkelheit]

@Peter_Morris

Then in what sense are “jacks becoming cheap” ?

“Jack-in-the-pulpit” is a kind of flower, but I don’t know if you’d commonly find them at a florist.