[Jerome Davis]

Tilly is an obscure reference to both the sister of the real Alice Liddel (frequently alleged inspiration for the Alice character), and the Dormouse’s story of three sisters (which itself is a reference to Alice Liddel’s sisters). Tilly was actually Tillie, short for Matilda, who was actually named Edith but called Matilda or Tillie by Alice and their other sisters (Alice was the 4th oldest of 10, Edith was the 5th oldest, with one older sister, and possibly as many as 4 other younger sisters). As for why Edith was called Matilda, that I can not explain, but that is the convoluted and obscure reference being made by having Tilly be Alice’s cursed name. Definitely many more hoops to jump through than Rumple’s Weaver, Killian’s Rogers, Lady Tremaine’s Victoria Belfrey, Cinderella’s Jacinda, or even Drizella’s Ivy.

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