https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/ And Me Wed, 04 May 2016 12:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.1 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3065 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:26:54 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3065 Hah! I had a similar incident recently when a neighbour donated a load of old books. The girls picked out Little Red Riding Hood and without thinking, I read it out straight away. This older version was violent and graphic even showing a picture of RR Hood’s father cutting open the wolf with an axe to rescue RR Hood and her grandmother! I was horrified but weirdly the kids just took it all in their stride, completely unperturbed. Seems a lot of the earlier versions of old stories are far more graphic and we’ve toned them down over the years. I find the old folk stories and nursery rhymes fascinating!! #TheList

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3063 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:40:53 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3063 I knew the history of Ring a Ring of Roses but not the others … but knew they were often dark in their original meaning. How strange they have become part of nursery culture and not the horror section of the library where they probably belong better. #TheList

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3052 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:10:15 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3052 I knew some nursery rhymes had other meanings but was not aware of all of these. I think I will continue to be blissfully ignorant. Lol.
I will definitely take a leaf out of your book though and read the story before reading them to my kids.

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3047 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:40:09 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3047 Ooooh, what was the story?! Just so I know not to read it! Haha.

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3046 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:39:40 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3046 No, I think that’s about the only one that doesn’t Lindsey!

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3045 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:37:57 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3045 Hold on, I just read that again! They cut off their toes?!!! How have I never noted that part of the story before?!

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3044 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:37:21 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3044 Totally weird but I guess they didn’t have blogs to write on so they just made up morbid tunes instead! Haha.

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3043 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:36:17 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3043 Hahaha! What was the song? You have to share that now!

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3042 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:35:27 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3042 Thanks Rebecca! The chicken thinks she’s a duck but she’s happy at least!

]]> https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/chicken-licken-the-morbidity-of-classic-nursery-rhymes/#comment-3041 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:27:34 +0000 https://www.maybebabybrothers.com/?p=3285#comment-3041 Sorry, sorry! Haha. I know right, stupid chicken! This morning it was a duck in the road!

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