In the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb", what was "against the rule"?

According to the 1990 census, which Vermont capital had only 8,247 residents? In 1950 over 30 percent of U.S. workers belonged to which organizations, compared with about 10 percent in the 2020s? According to The Times of London, who was Britain's highest-earning woman in 2001, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II? Which payment did Judas receive for betraying Jesus? According to the proverb, what saves nine? According to the proverb, what loves company? Which nursery rhyme shepherdess "has lost her sheep, and doesn't know where to find them"? According to a song in a 1941 Ronald Reagan film, what was found "in a five and ten cent store"?