Playful, as usual, but now the joy shall spread across the net. Ever reflected on the horrific meanings of casual nursery rhymes? If not, then be forewarned ye Mother Goose fans. I bring you my Tilly Putty Thought for today, Thursday January 19th. Enjoy.

It is absurd to think that one of the most popular rhymes out there, “Ring around the rosie” probably traces its roots to the 1300’s Black Plague that killed millions of people. Ashes, Ashes.

Ring around the rosie
A pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes,
We all fall down

Not to forget the three blind, bleeding mice, who run around the kitchen. That’s entertainment for the young and innocent, oh yeah, the kids love this one. My personal favourite is line four, that’s right, the one with the carving knife.

Three blind mice, Three blind mice.
See how they run!See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer’s wife,
She cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a sight in your life?
As three blind mice!

Then there was the poor egg, Humpty Dumpty, who fell and shattered his head and was beyond repair.

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.

In Arabic, the nursey rhyme about slaughtering the pigeons is most delightful. It is used to put children to sleep, and made part of one of Fairouz’s songs.

??? ???? ??? ????
? ?????? ??? ??????
??? ?? ???? ?? ????
???? ?? (?????) ?????

Rough Translation:
Sleep, sleep
And I will slaughter the pigeons for you
Go away, you pigeons,
I was bluffing to put (name of child) to sleep

The pigeons are not slaughtered after all, that has to be a good thing, no?

Accurate, ladies and gentlemen. This is what you teach your children, those are the images you plant in their heads, and then, what’s the easiest way out? Blame it on Manson, Satanists, the government, the media, or a black sheep of your own choice. This was my Tilly Putty Thought, now let’s all fall down.

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