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RE: Dark, Disturbing and Somewhat Horrible, the History and Origins of Nursery Rhymes #3: 🌺 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary 🌺
@sheshebaylosis :( I'm sorry to hear that this makes you sad... doesn't look like I picked a good one this week... There are a couple of different ideas behind the words, so perhaps in your case this one would be better:
Mary is the Virgin Mary, the “pretty maids all in a row” are nuns, and the “cockle shells” are a reference to the famous badges worn by pilgrims on the Santiago de Compostela. The bells are church bells ringing...
I also used to sing this with my Nanna in the garden...
that version is much better. i put that on my mind and forget the other version. thank you @redwellies