worcesterjonny asked:
A short film telling the hidden meaning behind the lyrics of the nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary quite contrary.
Nursery Rhymes MP3
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ukchristian was totally right.
hang on, thats wrong..
Mary Mary quite contrary..
how does ur garden grow?
that line ment she killed alot of people,so her grave yard is like her garden.
with silver bells, back in tho’s days a silverbells was a nail put thru ur thumbs when ur getting burnt on the steak.
and cockleshells was when the men got turned backwards faceing the poll that they were burnt in and had nails thru there dick.
wif pretty maids, was the people controlling the gilateens, it’s french. See? search it up.
Other theories: Silver bells and cockle shells could refere to instruments of torture. The ’silver bells’ may refer to thumbscrews, while the ‘cockleshells’ are thought to have been instruments of torture which were attached to the genitals. “Pretty maids all in a row” might be a reference to ‘maidens’ which were early guillotine-like devices used to cut off heads.
Some have suggested it could be about both Marys
If it is about Mary Tudor, “pretty maids all in a row” could be a reference to her execution of Lady Jane Grey at the beginning or her reign and also her infamous executions of Protestants by burning at the stake.
This explanation for the orign of this popular nursery rhyme is disputed. It could refere to Mary Tudor, but others have speculated that it referes to Mary Queen of Scotts. “how does your garden grow” referring to her reign, “silver bells” referring to (Catholic) cathedral bells, “cockleshells” insinuating that her husband cheated on her, and “pretty maids all in a row” referring to her babies that died (as with Mary Tudor).
No wonder she was such an angry maniac.
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