Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: Mary Had a Little Lamb or the Salem witch trials?
The Salem witch trials came first, in 1692 (begin). Mary Had a Little Lamb followed 138 years later, in 1830 (published).
- Second1830
Mary Had a Little Lamb
song · published"Mary Had a Little Lamb" was published in 1830 and may be about a real girl and her lamb.
- First1692
The Salem witch trials
event · beginThe Salem witch trials began in 1692 in colonial Massachusetts.
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