Ok so in this story, THE WOMAN WHIPS THE FRICKIN KIDS.
Apparently none of these naughty children who go around murdering the elderly live with the "Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe" (first published in Infant Institutes, 1797). At first glance, this rhyme seems to depict a poverty-stricken woman trying to provide food and discipline for her children.
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;
Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
A politically-correct version might have her doling out time-outs instead of whippings, but we get the point. According to another version from James Orchard Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes of England, things take a creepy turn after the lights go out:
When she came back
They were a'lying dead
She went to the wright
To get them a coffin
When she came back
They were a'lying laughing
She gaed up the stair
To ring the bell
The bell-rope broke
And down she fell
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Uncovered Truth
SonstigesLet's crush those childhood songs, dances, and stories shall we! Let me tell you the TRUTH of those 'wonderful' childhood things. Let's reveal the truth of your childhood! And maybe I will add in some newbies as well! 😏😉
