Did you know that some nursery rhymes have dark meanings behind them??!

Did you know that some nursery rhymes have dark meanings behind them??

for ex. ring around the rosie....is after the black plague.
and many others well thats the only one I can remember at the moment.

2 days ago
yup humpty dumbty too
thanks ‡кдямёй‡.

2 days ago
bouncybaby you can search nursery rhymes up..and i bet u'll find out what there original meanings were. its pretty creepy caz everyone teaches them to kids.

Ring around the rosie, pocket full of posy, achoo achoo they all fall down.
The meaning behind it:
When people contracted the black plague, first they would get red rings on various parts of thhey're body (not unlike ringworm).
They would carry posy becuase it warded off the smell of the dead people, and they beleived that if you couldn't smell the dead people, that you would not get the disease.
Achoo Achoo is the beginning of the end. It all started with a sneeze, five days later "they all fall down".
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In the real story of cinderella, the stepmom cuts off one of the step sisters toes, and the other's heel so that they can fit in the shoe. And during the wedding of Cinderella and the Prince, crows swoop down and peck out they're eyes.
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In the real story of rapunzal, after the witch relaized what is going on between Rapunzal and the Prince, she casts Rapunzel out and make her wander the forrest all byu herself. Then when the prince returns again to cinderella, but finds the prince instead, he leaps from the tower and lands in a patch of thorns, puncturing his eyes and causing him to go blind.
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"Mary Mary Quite Contrary, How does your garden grow, with silver bells, and cockelshells, and pretty maids all in a row."
This Rhyme refers to Mary I of England and how she would behead the maids, and anyone else who displeased her, and then put their heads in the garden.
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"London bridge is falling down, Falling down, Falling down. London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady. Take a key and lock her up, Lock her up, Lock her up. Take a key and lock her up, My fair lady. "
This poem refers to the fact that they would sacrifice virgins and bury them in the foundation of the bridge in order to strenghthen the bridge.
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaand thats all i've got for now.