"Mother Goose" is my second cousin's 41st or 42nd grandmother. He told me that she was born with a "goose" foot and walked funny. She was a tiny person "midget" and had a webed foot or walked with a "goose"foot. All of the members of the royal family made fun of the way she walked "sort of like a goose". They didn't include her in the "royal" circle and laughed at the way she walked and called her the goosey person. Because of this she would go outside and play with the children as they accepted her for herself. She began to make up stories to keep the children entertained and played with them as they didn't laugh at her or make fun of her. My cousin said that he feels she was a great person as her book has been read for many centuries by more people that any other author. Most likely she was born with what we now call a club foot and in that time period she was not able to get medical help. I was very impressed with his research. Fact or Fiction....I am a true believer in this imput on "Mother Goose" PS the reason she became the queen was that her sister was the oldest daughter and she died early in the marriage and the King had to marry her sister.