on revelations

Ever heard of the nursery rhyme 'Mary Mary Quite Contrary'?
It goes thus:

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells, and cockle shells,

And pretty maids all in a row.

Very sweet, right?
Very girly, right?
Very like the picture below, right?


















suiying wouldn't sing it, right?

Right?

Wrong.

It's my new favorite nursery rhyme.

Why?

Because Shahril told me the historical explanation :)
Ask Krystal about the look on my face when i found out

Mary Mary quite contrary refers to Mary I of England (also known as Bloody Mary)
How does your garden grow? questions her fertility as she was unable to produce heirs
Silver bells are instruments of torture called 'thumbscrews' - used to crush fingers and toes
Cockle shells are also instruments of torture - attached to the genitals
Pretty maids are 'maidens' - early Scottish guillotines used to sever heads quickly
All in a row means there were a lot of 'maidens'

:D

Sweet young girls are angelically singing this rhyme in their pretty pink dresses while clapping along with their kindly kindie teacher.

LOL

The stuff they teach kids! How outrageous! *shakes head while trying to keep a pious face* Someone should go round kindies and start telling them the truth.

Maybe I would.

Let's start with Tadika Indah Sayang, Taiping :D
I bet it would be one history lesson they'd never forget.

Witness the destruction of innocence.
Witness a mini-replica of Eve's face when she bit into The Apple of Knowledge.

Witness catharsis.