Mary Mary quite contrary,How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.
This is such an interesting nursery rhyme~
It may sound harmless, but the truth behind it is breathtaking~
So next time, before you teach your child a nursery rhyme, look up the meaning first. Because something that sounds beautiful may have a completely different meaning~~^^
It may sound harmless, but the truth behind it is breathtaking~
Mary Mary quite contrary
> Mary actually refers to Bloody Mary (Mary Tudor) who killed countless Protestant men.How does your garden grow
> "Garden" refers to the graves of Protestants which kept growing in number during her reignWith silver bells
> "Silver Bells" are actually thumbscrews which crushed the thumbs between two hard surfaces with the tightening of a screw.and cockle shells
> " Cockle Shells" are instruments of torture which were attached to the genitals. (How were they used?? Go figure..;p )And pretty maids all in a row
> "Maids" are devices (guillotines) used to behead people.So next time, before you teach your child a nursery rhyme, look up the meaning first. Because something that sounds beautiful may have a completely different meaning~~^^
Leant this in school. I'll never think of nursery rhymes the same again.
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