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- What's the meaning behind Baa, Baa, Black Sheep?
- What are the original Baa, Baa, Black Sheep lyrics?
- What is the dark meaning of Mary Mary quite contrary?
- What is the dark meaning of goosey goosey gander?
What's the meaning behind Baa, Baa, Black Sheep?
Baa Baa Black Sheep is about the medieval wool tax, imposed in the 13th Century by King Edward I. Under the new rules, a third of the cost of a sack of wool went to him, another went to the church and the last to the farmer.
What are the original Baa, Baa, Black Sheep lyrics?
Song and rhyme words
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane. And thank you said the little boy who lived down the lane.
What is the dark meaning of Mary Mary quite contrary?
Another interpretation is that the rhyme could refer to Mary I, 'Bloody Mary'. Mary was a devout Catholic and upon taking the throne on the death of her brother Edward VI, restored the Catholic faith to England, hence 'Mary Mary quite contrary'. The 'garden' in the second line is taken to refer to the country itself.
What is the dark meaning of goosey goosey gander?
Goosey Goosey Gander
The most popular interpretation of this nursery rhyme is that it's a reference to religious persecution. Specifically, anti-Catholic sentiment in England forced Catholic families to hide their priests (the “old man” of the rhyme) in their houses in special rooms called priest holes.
