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Hush a bye baby on the tree top when the wind blows the cradle will rock when the bow breaks the cradle will fall down will come baby CRADLE AND ALL!!!
By Zhixin
Well, have you ever realised what violence our children are exposed to, every moment of their precious growing-up years?
Frequently, my friends and I will begin to sing childish nursery rhymes out of boredom and perhaps stress. And why is it only recently that we take such joy in screaming out the ever-so-familiar lyrics? Ok, besides the fact that we're trying to act stupid, the reason is that in our childhood years, we never really thought about the nursery rhymes and what they mean.
Until recently, the rhymes have just been juvenile... and fun to sing aloud to. While screaming the words out, we will subconsciously project images of adorable fluffy sheep, sweet and chirpy blackbirds. Now? Not anymore.
Let me re-cap with you, our famous, or infamous rather, nursery rhymes:
London Bridge is Falling Down London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, My fair Lady.
(My dead lady more like it...)
Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses, And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again!
Little Peter: I don't believe they can't put Humpty together again! Little Mary: Wanna bet? Little Peter: Sure! Go sit on the wall! Little Mary: Ok!
Duh-h...
and of course, there's the well-known, Hush a bye baby!
Hush a bye Baby Hush a bye baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bow breaks, the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Jack and Jill Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after. Up got Jack, and home did trot As fast as he could caper He went to bed and bound his head With vinegar and brown paper.
...and where did this 'harmless' rhyme originate from? The beheading of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette! Interesting, isn't it?
Anyway, side-tracking a little, I found this interesting snippet of information on this website that has something to do with the Jack and Jill rhyme. It's a must read:
Death by Beheading! On the gruesome subject of beheading it was the custom that following execution the severed head was held up by the hair by the executioner. This was not, as many people think, to show the crowd the head but in fact to show the head the crowd and it's own body! Consciousness remains for at least eight seconds after beheading until lack of oxygen causes unconsciousness and eventually death.
Some nursery rhymes might seem harmless enough. However, read between the lines. The realisation will so shock you.
Mary Mary Quite Contrary Mary Mary quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row.
Wow, nice and shimmery silver bells! Beautiful and special cockle shells... not!
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 of the thumb between two hard surfaces by the tightening a screw. The 'cockleshells' were believed to be instruments of torture which were attached to the genitals!
Anyway, not very interesting, but just in case you wonder what's with the pretty maids, well, they're execution devices. How pretty. =)
Three Blind Mice Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a thing in your life, As three blind mice?
Let's compare rhyme to reality. Is it worse to have your tails cut off with a carving knife or to die on a burning stake? Yup, Bloody Mary burnt the three noblemen represented as the three mice on a stake!
Other than these nursery rhymes, some famous stories should also be considered for revision.
Firstly, there's Hansel and Gretle. Isn't it a little... sadistic to push that witch into the oven? Eeew? A witch wouldn't taste nice! Just kidding.
Also, there's the story about the three little pigs. Isn't it a little bad influence, teaching children to shove bullies into boiling water?
There's more, but I think you got the idea.
Therefore, do you think it's wise to expose our innocent children to all these twisted tales of gore and horror?
