<P> `` Fee - fi - fo - fum '' is the first line of a historical quatrain ( or sometimes couplet ) famous for its use in the classic English fairy tale `` Jack and the Beanstalk '' . The poem , as given in Joseph Jacobs ' 1890 rendition , is as follows : </P>
<P> `` Fee - fi - fo - fum '' is the first line of a historical quatrain ( or sometimes couplet ) famous for its use in the classic English fairy tale `` Jack and the Beanstalk '' . The poem , as given in Joseph Jacobs ' 1890 rendition , is as follows : </P>
where did fe fi fo fum come from
where did fe fi fo fum come from
English fairy tale `` Jack and the Beanstalk
English fairy tale `` Jack and the Beanstalk