Ever remembered the time when you were so into these things. When u wer a kid did u have some of those rhymes. I'm sure we're all grown up now and going back to memory lane is kinda bad. But the big issue about the new kids today not even noticing their commo nursery rhymes kinda makes me sad.
Nursery Rhymes
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Oranges and Lemons say the bells of St. Clement's…
With a great deal of their meaning eroded by time, nursery rhymes seem like little more than fancy nonsense to today's youth; after all, they have fancy nonsense of their own to keep them entertained.
But it is sort of sad to think that most gradeschoolers couldn't sing 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' to save their recess.
EDIT: If my drawing hand weren't still in a cast, I'd try my untalented hand at a series of One Piece illustrations with an appropriate nursery rhyme next to each: Vivi, Sanji, and Igaram for 'The Queen of Hearts', Luffy for 'Simple Simon', and Zoro and Tashigi for 'Jack and Jill'. Or has this been done before..?
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Don't you worry Meh,
I have two hands, the left and the right
Take out center that's long,
And take off the thong
Push and Pull
Produce People
My two little hands are very usefull!!BTW: If u have any new nursery rhymes to spare can u please post it here.
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Short of wit and long of wean
galumphs the haughty Angtsy Teen.
His mood is dark, his fashion somber
his all the charm of rotting lumber. -
What's the name of that one? I've never heard of that before.
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I had a discussion a long time ago about the origins of certain nursery ryhmes. Here is a really neat website. http://www.rhymes.org.uk/
Mary Mary Quite Contrary: Origins and History
Mary Mary quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.Nursery Rhyme Origins & History
The origins are steeped in history… Bloody Mary! The Mary alluded to in this traditional English nursery rhyme is reputed to be Mary Tudor, or Bloody Mary, who was the daughter of King Henry VIII. Queen Mary was a staunch Catholic and the garden referred to is an allusion to graveyards which were increasing in size with those who dared to continue to adhere to the Protestant faith - Protestant martyrs.
Instruments of Torture! The silver bells and cockle shells referred to in the Nursery Rhyme were colloquialisms for instruments of torture. The 'silver bells' were thumbscrews which crushed the thumb between two hard surfaces by the tightening of a screw. The 'cockleshells' were believed to be instruments of torture which were attached to the genitals!
The " Maids" or Maiden was the original guillotine! The 'maids' were a device to behead people called the Maiden. Beheading a victim was fraught with problems. It could take up to 11 blows to actually sever the head, the victim often resisted and had to be chased around the scaffold. Margaret Pole (1473 - 1541), Countess of Salisbury did not go willingly to her death and had to be chased and hacked at by the Executioner. These problems led to the invention of a mechanical instrument (now known as the guillotine) called the Maiden - shortened to Maids in the Mary Mary Nursery Rhyme. The Maiden had long been in use in England before Lord Morton, regent of Scotland during the minority of James VI, had a copy constructed from the Maiden which had been used in Halifax in Yorkshire. Ironically, Lord Morton fell from favour and was the first to experience the Maiden in Scotland!
Executions! Another form of execution during Mary's reign was being burnt at the stake - a terrible punishment much used during the Spanish Inquisition. The English hated the Spanish and dreaded the idea of an English Inquisition. The executions during the reign of Bloody Mary were therefore viewed with a greater fear of the Spanish than the executions themselves - it is interesting to note that executions during her reign totalled less than 300 an insignificant amount compared to the executions ordered by her father King Henry VIII which are believed to have numbered tens of thousands! We recommend the following site for more facts and information about Bloody Mary
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This thread makes me want to listen to 2 Live Crew… lol
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Don't worry becoz u can always go to a farm
Old MacDonald had a farm
Oho!! Oho! Ooooohh!!
With a Aaah Aaah There
Aaah Aaah here!!
Aaah Aaah Aaaah Everywhere!!
Old MacDonald had a farm
Oho!! Oho! Ooooohh!!BTW: Do ur moms sing u nursery songs….?
