ch19079 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ritain_violence "LONDON (Reuters) - Children's nursery rhymes contain 10 times more violence than television shows broadcast before the 9 p.m. "watershed" after which more adult content can be shown, researchers say. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Makes sense, Ring around the rosey is about the Bubonic plague Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch19079 Posted November 18, 2004 Author Share Posted November 18, 2004 Makes sense, Ring around the rosey is about the Bubonic plague 122939[/snapback] i never thaught about that.... ashes, ashes, we all fall down... damn.... "This nursery rhyme is about the bubonic plague known as the Black Death. Medical thought at the time was that flowers or posies would purify the air of its bad humors. "Ring around a rosey" refers to a pinkish circle that would form on a victims body prior to turning black. "Ashes, ashes" refers to burning those things that belonged to a person that had died of the plague. The alternative, "Achoo, Achoo", refers to sneezing which is said to occur just prior to death. "We all fall down" relates to what most folk experienced if they fell victim to the bubonic plague --- death." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Mary had a little Lamb? How'd she do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 I believe PETA was upset because someone thought it a good idea to bake two dozen blackbirds into a pie. They were very upset by this. I think they started a movement to have protesters wearing blackbird suits outside Sara Lee corporate offices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Mary had a little Lamb? How'd she do that? 122950[/snapback] Probably with a little mint sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 There was an old woman who lived in a shoe Had so many children she knew not what to do So she gave them some broth without any bread Then beat them all soundly and put them to bed Of course, there are all the drug references as well. Like George Carlin said, Old King Cole was a merry old soul And a merry old soul was he He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl I guess we all know about Old King Cole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Probably with a little mint sauce. 122955[/snapback] Oh, I thought maybe Goatman was responsible. Tenny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Can't somebody do something about this? Think of the children! We need laws passed, bannings, book burnings, the whole works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 i never thaught about that.... ashes, ashes, we all fall down... damn.... 122941[/snapback] Actually, if you want to know the full meaning of the rhyme: "Ring around the rosey" - refers to the sores plague sufferrers would get, which were red before they turned black. "Pocket full of posies" - refers to the habit people developed of carrying around flowers, either to 1) cleanse the air of the "bad humors" that were thought to cause plague, or 2) to mask the smell of the unburied dead. "Ashes, ashes, we all fall down" - actually, I've heard the original form of this line was "Achoo, achoo, we all fall down", which is a fairly accurate six word description of bubonic plauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch19079 Posted November 18, 2004 Author Share Posted November 18, 2004 Actually, if you want to know the full meaning of the rhyme: "Ring around the rosey" - refers to the sores plague sufferrers would get, which were red before they turned black. "Pocket full of posies" - refers to the habit people developed of carrying around flowers, either to 1) cleanse the air of the "bad humors" that were thought to cause plague, or 2) to mask the smell of the unburied dead. "Ashes, ashes, we all fall down" - actually, I've heard the original form of this line was "Achoo, achoo, we all fall down", which is a fairly accurate six word description of bubonic plauge. 122968[/snapback] i could have swarn i put that in there somewhere.... Three blind mice! See, how they run! They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with the carving knife! Did you ever see such a thing in your life? Three blind mice! Ding, dong, bell, kitty's in the well! Who put her in? Little Tommy Green. Who pulled her out? Big Johnny Stout. What a naughty boy was that, To drown poor pussycat, Who never did him any harm, But killed the mice in his father's barn! A farmer went riding Upon his gray mare; Bumpety, bumpety, bump! With his daughter behind him, So rosy and fair; Lumpety, lumpety, lump! A raven cried, "Croak!" And they all tumbled down; Bumpety, bumpety, bump! The mare broke her knees, And the farmer his crown; Lumpety, lumpety, lump! Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall; Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty-Dumpty as he was before I had a little pony, His name was Dapple-gray, I lent him to a lady, To ride a mile away; She whipped him, she slashed him, She rode him through the mire; I would not lend my pony now For all the lady's hire. Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She went to the baker's To buy him some bread; But when she came back The poor dog was dead. Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie; When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king? The king was in his counting-house Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlor Eating bread and honey; The maid was in the garden Hanging out the clothes, When along came blackbird And pecked off her nose. There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise; He jumped into a brier bush, And scratched out both his eyes There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth without any bread, She whipped them all soundly, and put them to bed. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Go back and reread all the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales- they are all pretty sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 burn the books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch19079 Posted November 18, 2004 Author Share Posted November 18, 2004 Ladybug, Ladybug Quickly come home Your Children are burning your house is no more! Peter Peter, Pumpkin eater Had a wife but couldn't keep her So he locked her in a Pumpkin Shell and there he kept her very well! a few more... god, im really bored at work today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch19079 Posted November 18, 2004 Author Share Posted November 18, 2004 http://www.rhymes.org.uk/ rhymes and there origins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Yep, there their for all to see...........they're origins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey, Along came a spider who sat down beside her, And said Hey, what's in the bowl, B word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Jack and Jill went up the hill, each with a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with two and a half, think they went up for water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Jack and Jill went up the hill,each with a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with two and a half, think they went up for water? 123029[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Jack and Jill went up the hill,each with a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with two and a half, think they went up for water? 123029[/snapback] That you Dice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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