Actual Dark Messages Behind Nursery Rhymes

[@RheaRobin]

Most of what we know as nursery rhymes were never intended for children. They were part of how news was passed between towns during an age when most people were illiterate. The rhymes made the stories easier to remember.

[@ShiratoriIsOffline]

This is certainly interesting

[@ShiratoriIsOffline]

Thank you

[@Darealcyclic]

Old european folk tales got so dark they were banned by the government.

[@ShiratoriIsOffline]

@@Darealcyclic could you give out a famous example?

[@arhamtajwar65]

@@Darealcyclic or any example?

[@Yeahyoucanchangeyourhandle]

"London bridge is falling down" Even without any dark history this isn't what I would have liked to tell the children.

[@kingofallgodzillas9901]

Yeah

[@mb.12]

Yep

[@ron_iscool8898]

When I learn this…I’m crazy

[@heyitzann7348]

Its fun tho-

[@safiyyahabdurrahmaan7406]

Yes I agree. When I was little, I used to sing the rhyme "London bridge is falling down" and I never wished to visit London.

[@jjaghai]

Honestly, “ring around a Rosie” was a game I played in my grandma’s front yard when I was young, never expected it to be so *dark.*

[@fox0holic130]

Don't worry, it's not dark at all. The plague connection is completely false. “Ring Around the Rosie” did not occur until the publication of Kate Greenaway’s Mother Goose or The Old Nursery Rhymes in 1881. For the “plague” explanation of “Ring Around the Rosie” to be true, we have to believe that children were reciting this nursery rhyme continuously for over five centuries, yet not one person in that five hundred year span found it popular enough to merit writing it down.

[@diamondynamite]

I wouldn't say I expected a dark story to be behind it, but the ashes, ashes part wouldn't really make sense. Like, where are the ashes? And why are there ashes?

[@MimicMimicMimic]

I remember playing it in pre-K Then I was playing it one day with my cousins and my dad said not to play that game...

[@Baconguysmt]

i have learn [ring around a rosie] and [london bringe go's falling down] and......my childhood has been ruined EDIT;sorry if is bad spelling

[@salmanasaadO8O8]

oh s**t

[@defaultuser4691]

0:01 Intro 0:42 Ring Around the Rosie 1:47 London Bridge is falling down 3:23 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary 4:32 Three Blind Mice 5:34 Old Mother Hubbard 6:41 Goosey Goosey Gander. (Goosey Gander) 7:36 Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie (Georgie Porgie) 8:28 Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill (Jack and Jill) 9:09 Rock-A-Bye Baby, in the Treetop 10:02 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 10:36 Outro 10:54 End Honorable mention: Do You Know the Muffin Man? (Frederic Thomas Linwood) -DU

[@e_gg69]

@@lykos.. yeah ikr

[@ashershahzad2185]

He was a serial killer.

[@Mohammedangel2999]

@@e_gg69 wake me up

[@TovioTugaga]

6:41 Goosey Goosey Gander is the nursery rhyme and is same timestamp as Henry's rage, this is an alt account.

[@jerylregina7392]

😢😮😢...Well!!'I'll say:"I prefer the late Frank Zappa's' Muffin man' ,to alla that HORROR!!

[@brownie3819]

3:23 I’ve been taught about this in History classes. I remember some of it: The “How does your garden grow?” is a tease because Mary couldn’t give birth no matter how many attempts she made. “And pretty maids all in a row” refers to people thinking that Mary’s husband was cheating on her with maids

[@Moonstar43223]

The history of it is dark but it's pretty cool that you shared it

[@bxttercxp_swxxts]

I thought the 'maids in a row' was the people Mary k1ll£d when she was a queen.... Wait, are we talking about the same Mary?

[@davidjones3165]

Giggity

[@amaliajeanduran8750]

I thought you were talking about the Undertale Secret Garden song lol-

[@milkboyjay5559]

My history Teacher told us about ring around the rosie and jack and jill

[@justastaythatwillnotbename2990]

Honestly you could tell some of these had a dark history by literally just reading the lyrics

[@kritizismmusics9737]

Now thats forshadowing. Real talk homie

[@GyeongmiBaeb]

Literally? As opposed to figuratively?

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Yup and reminds me of those Disney stories which makes tragic and sad stories all happy and fantasy like...

[@PissFartGiggleMilkNut]

Yes

[@oliversherman2414]

Lol why do these even get sung to little kids

[@dylanviray6665]

What did we learn today: England's history is very dark

[@carbsilove]

Why are we even surprised, Harry Potter literally exists

[@kongocat4240]

@Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon ,The One I Love idk. Might be because Harry's guardians mistreated him???

[@TheLanternAlchemist]

i live in the uk, this is just the beginning

[@helenw7054]

Hey don’t judge us

[@dylanviray6665]

@@helenw7054 im not judging yall I just noticed almost all of the stories originated from England

[@jeancachuela5239]

Fun fact: the nursery rhyme "do you know the muffin man" is actually a warning about a kidnapper that uses muffins to lure kids in drury lane.

[@Theepicgolem123]

That’s true

[@Ahtnamasy]

𝙸𝚔𝚛

[@ElbinMangsTV]

"Do u know the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man do you know the muffin man who live is Drury lane"

[@shahstranusy]

Yeah he kidnapped kids and the last thing they ever ate was muffins and he was the first serial killer☹️

[@roberttudge2180]

i was about to say all of that

[@aak8742]

Then: poems about the plague, monarchs and human sacrifices Now: baby shark

[@jjam1025]

yes the sad story about fishes being chased by angry family of sharks, quite deppressing.

[@Saltma15]

@@jjam1025 And where their scared of fish there scared of humans hunting them by hiding behind rocks but only some sharks do that I think but mehh

[@user-xw1tb7hw4o]

One of the most viewed videos-

[@Saltma15]

@@user-xw1tb7hw4o yes it is

[@packosand3287]

no not now that was 2018 its hardly ever referenced now

[@Nionyx]

Ring-a-ring-a-roses lyrics are actually: *Ring-a-ring-a-rosies* *A pocket full of posies* *A tissue, a tissue* *We all fall down* Instead of ashes, ashes, we all fall down its tissues. As people used to cough up mucus and blood into their tissues when they were close to death. Although I guess ashes works as well.

[@miss52]

How depressing...

[@clipscompilations4442]

Growing up, it was always ‘a-tissue’ . I don’t think ashes works.

[@theywalkinguptoyouand4060]

In another story it was "achoo achoo we all fall down" A different disease where there was sneezing. The truth is, these thing kept being altered to suit whatever lore people want

[@Nionyx]

@@theywalkinguptoyouand4060 Yeah I think there’s several versions of this one. A tissue is the original but other words like ashes or a-choo can work.

[@Nionyx]

@@clipscompilations4442 Yeah I’ve heard a couple of versions but a-tissue always fits the rhythm best and makes the most sense

[@cyphex9809]

The "tiptoe, through the tulips..." Nursery rhyme always sends a shiver down my spine.

[@sunairahasan]

that's a really scary song

[@scp-999ticklemnstr8]

Brings back memories, bad memories.😥

[@AerisSkyla]

@@scp-999ticklemnstr8 hello there

[@scp-999ticklemnstr8]

@@AerisSkyla Sup...

[@megalisa830bright6]

lol! That's not a nursery rhyme! XD 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips' is a song written by Al Dubin and Joe Burke!

[@SWLinPHX]

Does anyone remember playing "The Farmer In The Dell" in nursery school. Children all in a ring until one by one they are eliminated until "the cheese stands alone". It was to teach kids how it feels to be ostracized by others with everyone staring at you being the one left cast out. It was a good lesson but felt bad if you were the cheese at the end.

[@alliegray757]

There’s one nursery rhyme that smacks you in the face with gore “Lizzy Borden took an axe, Gave her mother 40 wacks When she saw what she had done Gave her father 41”

[@meowify69420]

Bruh

[@_Blurred.vision_]

Bruuuh

[@mikasaackerman8021]

Oh my- That's scary

[@eiavocado]

I- that's creepy af

[@LUN-ig3jh]

This is the most straightforward

[@79carydias]

Us when a 6 year olds: funny happy and friendly nursery rhymes. Us now: where has my childhood gone

[@saemabaig5093]

It's dead

[@kfl611]

Almost time to start our 2nd childhood!

[@m1yuk_ro]

Me a 9yr old : Oh my, Oh my! I dont wanna grow up!

[@auztenz]

True

[@superse3000]

You’re childhood…is gone

[@Hi-lq8kn]

"king Olaf" My 6 year old little sister: *ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT OLAF BEING A KING-*

[@anonymous.6231]

Read your name

[@Hi-lq8kn]

@@anonymous.6231 *what's wrong with my name?*

[@tartalicious7555]

Im just remember olaf from spongebob 😂😂

[@shadowslayer9184]

@@Hi-lq8kn Hi

[@Hi-lq8kn]

@@shadowslayer9184 hi

[@saacheepatil1025]

Thank goodness that 'Twinkle Twinkle little star ' has no dark message. It is my favorite nursery rhyme.

[@-.-.-.blank.-.-.-3603]

it probably does

[@MS_momo7]

WHAT IF IT DOES?

[@hannahduggan3599]

It's my favorite 😍, too ❤️!

[@SWLinPHX]

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is the exact same tune as "Baa Baa Black Sheep" which in turn is the same tune as "The Alphabet Song".

[@TouchingGrassDaily193]

@@SWLinPHX which one came first?

[@alekhyaaju935]

Seriously. When covid ends, he's gonna be remembered by another nursery rhyme like ring-a-ring-a-rosie. In the future those who were in lockdown in covid are gonna hate it when the next generation learns it....

[@PutoMedicoBrujo]

so... the miss Rona song???

[@florence8495]

Lol let's make a covid rhyme to be sung by future generations

[@asurah1671]

@i ate my username too long and not very catchy

[@catgeneratormoment4529]

Wait I can prob make this better, Miss Rhona came to town grandma is on the couch mommy and daddy are out of town since miss Rhona came to town so I stayed away away away Miss Rhona came to us grandma's sleeping on the couch I stayed away away away Miss Rhona left town I went outside to see a note in my fronyard hooray hooray hooray I read the note saying "Stay away away away!" Miss Rhona has brought us down away away away!

[@catgeneratormoment4529]

There was a 1st one earlier

[@sskura_x]

My father told me that the jack and Jill rhyme was talking about jacking breaking his head when he fell down and Jill followed and then they died-

[@barricadefromtransformersp8561]

Lol same did my father!!! 😂😂😂

[@bluemoondust8421]

Jack broke his crown and it's a bone in your skull if you don't have you will die. That's how he died

[@maiarobinson8115]

Jack and Jill went up the hill to smoke some 🍃🍃 Jack got high and grabbed her thigh and said you know u wanna. Jill said yes, lifted her dress and then they had some fun. Silly Jill forgot their pill and now they have a son

[@iix3575]

@@maiarobinson8115 ☠️☠️

[@bluemoondust8421]

@@maiarobinson8115 umm that went from 100 to 10000

[@candy_unicorn_rainbow8642]

Next their gonna tell us "Mary had a little lamb" is actually about a girl with a disease that makes you laugh and when she went to school she gave the disease to her friends

[@AbsolutelyAri1]

Mary had a little lamb, Sh-Sh Bam! No more lamb! Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was red as blood! At school everyone sang that

[@jordspit2x]

Well thast s great.......

[@EstEsreil]

From personal interpretations, Mary might refer to the virgin Mary as Jesus is often referred to as God's lamb. I don't know if Rome could be classified as a school but it's a bit of a stretch.

[@iccyyyxboy]

That sounds like a prediction of covid-19

[@eiavocado]

@@AbsolutelyAri1 i-

[@catgirl7765]

This is scary yet very educational-and makes me appreciate simple Dark Origin-free nursery rhymes more than ever!

[@travisinthetrunk]

Talking about London bridge and picturing tower bridge is way too common in America.

[@dojando6003]

maybe we should begin to talk about the white house and show a picture of the pentagon

[@cocoidiea8643]

I commented about this before I saw your comment. I had always assumed tower bridge was London bridge until I actually visited. Tower bridge is the most famous and unique bridge in London which is where I think the confusion comes from. It doesn't help that London bridge is so non-descript with the sign depicting its name the only unique feature.

[@riyanirfan]

when I visited London I was incredibly underwhelmed by the London Bridge, then I saw the Tower Bridge. 0-0

[@pita443]

@millie foryś "Screams in North American USA"

[@atm6502]

I was literally cringing so hard

[@audrete6071]

0:20 Mother and her daughter just singing nursery rhymes. Dad: shows them the infographics show's intro *screaming*

[@miss52]

*more screaming*

[@cobalt_ink6114]

even more screaming

[@Melvin-er7rv]

More and more screaming

[@c0szm038]

More and more even more scremaing

[@miss52]

@@c0szm038 this made me think of twices song more and more

[@SH4RP_CH3SEE]

When you realize they never mentioned that Humpty Dumpty was an egg-

[@bluemoondust8421]

They made it it would be less disturbing (a theory)

[@nl3087]

I was talking about this in school with some others

[@pichugaming64swarchannel27]

Uh oh stinky

[@prashantakumarparida7933]

The real Humpty Dumpty was a powerful cannon used by the Royalist forces during the English Civil War of 1642 to 1651.

[@indranichakrabarti5207]

Are you talking about Alice in wonderland where Alice realizes that the egg changed jnti Humpty Dumpty??

[@BrownSugaBabe]

Ever heard the back story of “10 Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed”? I discovered it about 3 years ago and it started my interest in dark nursery rhyme backstories.

[@Ivy2Wang]

What is it?

[@jwill5892]

No more of the husband having affairs because the wife gets mad and kills the mistresses!?........What is wrong with my brain?

[@rosestanley9606]

what is the story of that one

[@Graciechan-39]

I only remember 5 monkeys

[@blueyheeler2917]

It’s 5 not ten

[@aesdani8629]

honestly, how can he say those nursery rhymes so casually, without even singing it? impressive.

[@aesdani8629]

@Esmeralda Ake oh my god 💀

[@onitunes7026]

Well it's not his voice he uses text to speech software

[@ALLPINKMEDIA]

@@onitunes7026 that's some really expressive software

[@shaquitadominique8711]

I was literally signing & paused soon as he told the origin of them like😯

[@birdbrainz4804]

@@ALLPINKMEDIA fr

[@poisonkillsara4147]

You guys know that family finger song? "Mommy finger,mommy finger where are you?" What if they meant that the family died and the person is hallucinating their family on their fingers.

[@kingofallgodzillas9901]

...

[@bigmanz9842]

Bruhhhhhh. You got a point though

[@high6532]

You creep me out

[@anna_9195]

;-;

[@Velkhana_The_Myth]

😔

[@crispcroft1735]

Imagine people singing the original versions to your kids.

[@rinzo2009]

SENSEI, what are you singing for my daughter!?

[@packosand3287]

some dude probably did

[@mimkels]

I WILL

[@gumidropzs]

The muffin man song was actually a dark thing and its based on true story! The muffin man started in 1800s he would hide in dark alleyways and lure kids with muffin!

[@shahstranusy]

I agree they have been doing that on shorts

[@joemomma7500]

Thats horrifying

[@shahstranusy]

ik

[@female.earthling]

@@shahstranusy wdym

[@Berryferrythetelekinesis_Fairy]

Have you heard of the muffin man? The muffin man, the muffin man? Have you heard of the muffin man? (I forgot that part)

[@hixenslix.]

I was expecting “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man was snoring,” in here. It’s literally about a man who looses his life due to him apparently cracking his head open.

[@charliefrogchan7175]

Oww that made my head hurt

[@ghanandpydiah6468]

True, I thought it would be on there too.

[@Robloxiokoj]

When ever my 1st teacher played an animated video with that song Everyone smiled at eachother when he cracked his head lol

[@Hellothere-ky4jr]

It’s raining It’s pouring the old man is snoring he hit his head on his bed and didn’t wake up in the morning.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

I used to change the lyrics to that one so the old man loses an arm because my grandpa is an amputee

[@nekomi_kiyxi]

Scary song backstories: *exists* The infographics show: "I'll take your whole stock"

[@ohgodohnooo]

"Here's a candle to light you to bed, And here's a chopper to chop if your head. Chip, chop, chip, chop The last man is dead" - Oranges and Lemons

[@user-ek6oz8om4x]

Nice try with that username, didn't trick me.

[@saemabaig5093]

Wtf

[@ohgodohnooo]

@@user-ek6oz8om4x wdym?

[@KingPuffy56]

@@user-ek6oz8om4x wdym???? What does names have to do with this??

[@user-ek6oz8om4x]

@@KingPuffy56 oh yea before her current name Luminu, I forgot her previous username, but her previous username said something with 69 years ago as if her comment was 69 years ago

[@SWLinPHX]

FUN FACT: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is the exact same tune as "Baa Baa Black Sheep" which in turn is the same tune as "The Alphabet Song".

[@advminuali644]

The infographis show: explaining me about the horrors of Nursery Rhymes Me: I am gonna regret signing the Nursery Rhymes when I was a kid

[@crackaby7075]

That's cool and all but how do you sign a nursery rhyme?

[@advminuali644]

I meant to say singing

[@Demonz2000]

Soo... Whenever we sing ring around the rosie when we say "we all fall down" does that mean we're all gonna die ?

[@kaylasoappp]

Affirmative 👍🏼

[@detritus3676]

Affirmative 👍🏼

[@Demonz2000]

*nervous sweating*

[@sriramadharapurapu2262]

Affirmative👍🏽

[@DipuLowang]

We will turn to ashes

[@chazfercelino7358]

My mom already told me everything when i was 7yrs old now im 13 im not suprised at all bc my mom loves history and she tells me everything

[@eqstudios9878]

420

[@Lexi_urmom]

Honestly same! My mom’s a history teacher at my local middle school.

[@diamondmemer9754]

The London Bridge one gives me the chills every time That guy knew how to make a trailer for a game, that's for sure

[@jamesolin690]

@@justarandomuser5911 qq

[@RandomThingTalk]

Same for me, but with my big brother

[@Urban_CREATOR]

Did you know?: that the do you know the muffin man song was based on a dark story, of a serial killer named fredrick thomas Linwood, he would lure in kids in drury lane with muffins and kidnap them. He was the first documented serial killer in all. The song was made to spread awareness about him.

[@partypuppet6768]

Me never joined In ring around a Rosies bc I thought It was suspicious Me now:I WAS RIGHT

[@bluemoondust8421]

Same I did like the feeling of holding hands in a circle. It was suspicious

[@AbsolutelyAri1]

I refused to say the ashes part because it scared me

[@Shockxed]

How did you noy realize london bridge falling down? YOU HAVE A FNAF 2 PHOTO

[@partypuppet6768]

@@Shockxed I don’t know I mean almost all nursery rhymes are suspicious

[@TBVGAMING34]

Exactly

[@carnage2756]

Y’all did the muffin man right, it was made to stop kids from being Murdered by the muffin man

[@shirokumaotaku]

"Well she's married to the The Muffin Man"

[@RealBradMiller]

The one from Drury Lane?!

[@carnage2756]

Ye

[@shreyasbhadury5501]

Badboyhalo????

[@juliacindy2662]

wait did hear a song like that oh yes it was bakers man bake me a cake as fast you can

[@Crick3t.W0F]

When i was a kid, i’d play a game called “georgie porgie” which i got from the nursery rhyme. The game went where one of us would jog and repeatedly say “Georgie Porgie” until they caught someone and the kid who was Georgie Porgie would “steal” the kid they caught, which we didn’t know was represented later as killing.

[@haroldwheaton985]

.

[@yourfavyoutber1978]

0:42 Ring Around the Rosie 1:47 London Bridge is falling down 3:23 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary 4:32 Three Blind Mice 5:34 Old Mother Hubbard 6:41 Goosey Goosey Gander. (Goosey Gander) 7:36 Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie (Georgie Porgie) 8:28 Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill (Jack and Jill) 9:09 Rock-A-Bye Baby, in the Treetop 10:02 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 10:36 Outro 10:54 End

[@sashiwalling1133]

No muffin man?

[@ivanacurna6577]

@@sashiwalling1133 Don't forget also "Little Jack Horner"

[@hiccup8134]

I always told my family that ring around the roses was dark, this is how I saw it, ring around the rosey = they’re dancing around roseys dead body, Pockets full of posey = they have pockets full of their dead friend poseys body parts Ashes ashes = fire burning down stuff or the ashes of someone dead We all fall down = they all fall down and die

[@charliefrogchan7175]

The ashes ashes one I didn't expect that but yeah

[@flynn4838]

It's not ashes.. It's achoo! Ring around the posie is about the bubonic plague...... Symptoms. Red rings on skin..... Sneezing...... And the pocket full of posies was the belief that sweet smells and fragrances could ward off the evil..... And yes... They did fall down dead....... It is not ashes... It is achoo! Sneezing being a main symptom of the plague.

[@cherry.b0mb666]

In some countries, it’s “ashes, ashes”

[@Kalani_Saiko]

@@flynn4838 It's depending on the country, some use 'atissue atissue' (mine uses that one), some use "ashes ashes" and other use "achoo achoo!"

[@spirit12317]

To add on to this: Yankee Doodle is actually about tar and feathering someone.

[@ceebee898]

What does feathering mean?

[@kimm3306]

Putting feathers on someone after the tar-

[@weaklystep]

@@kimm3306 my god…

[@den.nathalie5399]

i dont understand any of these

[@yuricock]

@@den.nathalie5399 tar and feathers was a torture method by americans to the british because of the dumb taxes or something

[@zoranstam9136]

The Jack and Jill rhyme is wrong, I was actually told ‘Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pale of water, I don’t know what they did up there but now they have a daughter’

[@siyaindagulag.]

Little boy blue Come , ,blow on your horn The sheep are in the meadow The cows , in the corn Where is the boy who looks after the sheep ? He up in the haystack Humpin' Bo- Peep .

[@stanlygirl5951]

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB Mary had a little sheep And with her sheep she did sleep. The sheep grew up to be a ram And Mary had a little lamb

[@yemimaseregracelumbantobin961]

I cannot unseen this

[@essentialsacrificeguy]

Jack and Jill went up the hill to smoke some m----, Jill went down and did not frown and now they have a daughter (that’s what we sang in elementary school lol)

[@nightcore-1fan496]

Jack and Jill went up the hill so jack could lick her candy, but jack got a shock and a mouthful of c_ck cause Jill's real name was randy

[@2025-e4n]

"Old mother Hubbard went to the cubboard to fetch Rover a Bone.....and when Granny bentover....Rover tookover and Rover had a 'bone' of his own! Ooooo!" --Andrew Dice Clay

[@destineesdoc]

Dope

[@verna6116]

Wow, does anyone else remember playing ring around the Rosie?

[@motivationgobye59]

I used to sing humpy dumpy now he's killing my happiness when I realise he was a person

[@chanzy_]

Nah I actually never did

[@enanaaaa]

I think I only did once-

[@kaypola]

Me, I used to play it eith friends and I'm glad I stopped

[@bhagirathisaravanan1699]

I do

[@yas8788]

i learnt that the mary mary quiete contrary one is about her having multiple miscarriages & the how does ur garden grow refers to her burying their bodies in the garden

[@fritzpepito5462]

It's depressing.

[@xyzqq.1339]

All Children stories: *IM SCARIER THAN YOU THINK* Edit: AYO! THANKS FOR THE LIKES :00

[@jasssandhu5607]

Key word RUMORS dont believe rumors

[@hellman5341]

People that have phobia of poems: I have no such weaknesses.

[@perfectcircle9888]

Why are you saying thanks for the likes? Is not going to change your life

[@xyzqq.1339]

@@perfectcircle9888 Yes It doesnt but Im still happy for it :D Thanks for the 600+ people who liked! :>

[@perfectcircle9888]

@@xyzqq.1339 :)

[@francaogbondamati8203]

Woah I didn't even know that these nursery rhymes were dark. Thanks for the update ❤

[@PeninsulaCity2024]

Childhood wasn't ruined when every kid knew. At least in my school an eon ago. So I was surprised when I found out that most people didn't know about this. I'm sure in some parts world today, kids are singing their own nursery rhyimes with equaly dark origins.

[@miss52]

Yep.

[@detritus3676]

Yep.

[@zk-dh4zh]

I am 20 and I got to know about their true meanings today. I am shook 😳

[@miss52]

@@zk-dh4zh I’m younger, a teenager but I knew about it in elementary school💀

[@Kalani_Saiko]

I am 17, same story. Actually we made up worse versions ourselves

[@user-O_06660_O]

We're talking about nursery rhymes, but some fairy tales (such as the original Grimm Brothers ones, for example), are pretty dark and brutal, too.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

I loved those stories as a little kid, the events are out in the open rather than being shrouded by delusions of being appropriate for children

[@heiditu87]

this gives me disney x grimm brothers vibes like how nemo was never real and marlin was actually sick and swam around looking for his son ... o.o

[@memecream5834]

I've never heard this theory I'm finna look it up

[@RealBradMiller]

Dory is an enabler.

[@memecream5834]

@@RealBradMiller really how so i ended up forgetting to look it up

[@jenniekim-ug2dv]

That's actually interesting

[@venomfan2020]

I knew the Ring around the Rosie one about the Bubonic Plague, or "Black Death" as it is sometimes reffered, due to roses with rings on it to block the putrid smell of rotting corpses. My 8th grade World History teacher told us.

[@thereal_sunset]

My 6th grade language arts teacher told us I already knew though

[@ViVaLaRan]

Nursery rhymes are said, verses in my head Into my childhood they're spoon fed Hidden violence revealed, darkness that seems real Look at the pages that cause all this evil

[@seeableninja4199]

Yhea this the nursery rap (yhea yhea)

[@ViVaLaRan]

@@seeableninja4199 More like nu-metal

[@iiCounted2134]

@@seeableninja4199 lol (yhea yhea)

[@seeableninja4199]

@@iiCounted2134 i don't know why I did the dababy

[@seeableninja4199]

@@ViVaLaRan i haven't heard a lot of metal songs so it'll be hard for me

[@puggumpus]

Just a fun fact: Pinnochio (idk how to spell it) got hung in the original story he appeared in, he didn't die, because he was made of wood...so he just...hanged there (Edit) I couldve told much worse here, yall are lucky

[@wren2403]

Oh gosh..

[@Avicerox]

Wut?

[@spizzz2]

Ayo...

[@peterparker9286]

There is alot to do with ol nokio that lil pervert the wooden boy who wasnt spoze to lie and if he did his nose would grow the man wanted a perfect boy and then they corrupted pinny o .....

[@thatmaskedone8151]

Yeah, Grimm Brothers One Right?

[@DJ_ChickChick]

“These nursery rhymes are more than child’s play” Me: wait child’s play is a horror movie lol

[@theblackbaron4119]

Divorced, beheaded, died , divorced, beheaded, survived.

[@hiflyingpigs]

Fun Fact: That’s not London Bridge, that’s Tower Bridge..

[@Sumautisticguy]

@KombatBard no it isn’t it’s another bridge in London

[@aili_not_ally]

Well that settles it, I'm never singing a nursery rhyme to MY child.

[@Firetech2004]

Bold of you to assume that you’d get married and have a child

[@aili_not_ally]

@@Firetech2004 Who knows? It could happen! Don't lower your hopes too soon!

[@猫-w2l]

@@Firetech2004 just be quiet- let them be, why does their thought bother u sm, just ignore if u don't like their comment

[@TheLemonKing74]

@@aili_not_ally this is what I like to think to myself But I know it’ll never happen cuz I’ve got rejected by every crush I’ve ever had

[@jameelabellingport6369]

Sing Jesus loves me instead and Jesus loves the little children 😊😊😊 can never gone wrong with that 😊

[@wisteria8152]

6:43 even without dark history, i still wouldn’t want to tell that rhyme to small children

[@d.s.vigneshsaravanan2340]

We used to sing '' Ringa Ringa Roses , Packet full of roses , Hasha Busha , All fall down '' 😂😂🤣🤣

[@AwokenEntertainment]

I never realized how dark my childhood was.. wow..

[@thawsmst3138]

The lyrics of nursery rhymes always creeped me out as a kid so I never wanted to sing them, seems like I was right lol

[@radioactiveforg]

same

[@skyhawk_4526]

Actually... Dark as they may be, there is always a lesson to be learned in these old nursery rhymes. That was their exact purpose. Nowadays, we shield our kids from any of the harsh realities of life. They grow up not understanding those harsh realities until they are young adults who were overly sheltered by their parents and teachers and are now incapable of handling them, and so we end up with what we have now: A bunch of weak people who get "triggered" and need to retreat to their "safe spaces" and think that speech and violence are somehow the same thing. We were a lot tougher and better off as a species when these nursery rhymes were still commonplace. They were an intentionally subtle and delicate Darwinian way of making sure the new generation was fit enough to survive for future generations at the top of the food chain where we evolutionarily belong and fought very hard against great odds for many millennia to achieve.

[@motivationgobye59]

My fear was humpy dumpty

[@chillycoldchomper9389]

@@motivationgobye59 bro, its an egg.

[@LUN-ig3jh]

@@chillycoldchomper9389 it's a living egg

[@samk5321]

As a Brit, it’s upsetting when they talk about London Bridge but use an animation of Tower Bridge... the rhyme about London Bridge also actually comes from the royal family around the time of Henry 8th who took funds to maintain the bridge to buy dresses. Consequently the bridge fell down and the public then decided to keep the funds under a private company so the royals wouldn’t take them and this company still exists today and maintains all of London’s Bridges.

[@AnderEvermore]

Yup, Tower Bridge really annoyed me then.

[@NeverMakesUpMind]

Not my six obsession making me excited in every nursery rhyme that mentioned one of the characters or historical figures I know-

[@bulbs_]

3:38 Incorrect. She was the 2nd woman to rule England. The queen before her only ruled for 9 days though

[@ombrenightcores]

They’re half correct. Lady Jane Grey was technically the first queen, but many people consider it to be Mary I because Jane was never officially crowned. She was killed before she could be.

[@pixelatedblossoms8956]

@@ombrenightcores Big oof

[@ZudinGodofWar]

How

[@hermanenka682]

Honestly every time i heard the nursersy ryhme "ring around the rosie" it makes me have a tingle on my spine

[@ozzycodm6743]

I just realize how much students have to learn history in the uk

[@WiseAngelUK]

A lot of us already knew this, as it was taught in english lit

[@Chunkycat10114]

what about "its raining its pouring the old man is snoring, he hit his head, and bumped his head, and never woke up in the morning"

[@filoo.1]

I knew the ring around the rosey one because my classmate did a oral report on it, I finally understood

[@lucahuman8827]

i knew because of plague inc

[@filoo.1]

@@lucahuman8827 nice

[@LUN-ig3jh]

*I worship you, O potato God*

[@filoo.1]

@@LUN-ig3jh Good job my disciple

[@unknowncreature-0069]

"this is hardly the stuff of children's literature" clearly you've never read a classic children's story because 99% of them are horrific.

[@MrStudioManic]

Here in London England it's "atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down." Meaning when you sneeze, and we say bless you as sneezing during the bubonic plague (the black death) was a symptom. Ashes is new to me but it makes sense from your explanation.

[@sanjanaakotyada4753]

"atishoo" sounds like 'a tissue"

[@victoriasilva8859]

I already know the ring around the Rosie by the way I love your videos!😇😊

[@lachimochilala8188]

I still cant believe that these songs i sang as a kid were so related to dark history 🙂🔫

[@tayskull7726]

Believe me are not this isn't true the song was made around the 1950s

[@BangladeshTheBest]

@@tayskull7726 what

[@Lesserafimslays]

I just noticed Jimin

[@Handle769]

@@tayskull7726 which song?

[@-xakez-6065]

5:04 nobody’s gonna talk about how he has the master sword?

[@prestonfunk8161]

Nope we are not

[@bucones]

Looks like the magical sword to me....

[@creightonteringer4066]

He's at full health right?!?! So where are the laser beams

[@Kaapzi]

What did people learn: London has a darker history than u could imagine

[@vincentdicayanan782]

The Witch trials are way more darker

[@AnderEvermore]

@@vincentdicayanan782 Which witch trials are we talking about? The ones throughout London and the UK were brutal.

[@JohannaNazareen1225]

Ring around the roses sounds very grim if you sing it in a room that has a very good echo. Just try it. Slowly and if you hear the child's voice singing it, it sends cold shivers down your spine. In my language it goes "ringe, ringe raja". But the melody is the same.

[@sierrahale804]

I cannot sing that song slowly because of that, its so creepy lol

[@Kat-pl8ip]

Fun fact: Nursery rhymes were originally written to scare kids into listening to their parents.

[@Koblac]

Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top. When the wind blows, the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. And down will come Baby, Cradle and all. kind of... dark.

[@Thing-ru6fy]

I remember as a kid that song would always made me cry because I felt sad for the baby

[@Koblac]

@@Thing-ru6fy lol

[@Angie2343]

Rock-a-bye, Black Bot, on the mast top! When Sonic spins, get ready to flop! When the mast breaks, the pirate will fall, and down will come Black Bot, Peg leg and all!

[@irenejessicapico2941]

I Agree

[@Angie2343]

@Mida Nurmala Parody lyrics from a Sonic cartoon.

[@anime_fam5373]

When I was a young child, I used to love all these nursery rhymes. Now I’m older and I listen to the again and I’m like: I’m never viewing these the same way ever

[@guij666]

the shade that is thrown every time Henry’s SIX wives is mentioned is so funny

[@tuyulterbang1806]

The "when you sad you understand the lyrics" meme was right

[@motivationgobye59]

When your happy you sing the lyrics But if your dad then you will have a backstory of the nursery origin

[@tuyulterbang1806]

@@motivationgobye59 you're*

[@krishellenberg5715]

@@motivationgobye59 if you’re dad? DAD, TELL ME, WHAT DOES THE RHYME, “DID YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN” MEAN- I already know what it means and it’s disturbing

[@nethercrocodile5859]

Meme is always right

[@allergictostupidpeople7893]

@@krishellenberg5715 no do I wanna know

[@joelleblanc8670]

Well that's the final rusty nail in the coffin of my childhood

[@michellepost3098]

As a child during the 1960s, I read Mother Goose rhymes, and wondered then, what the origins of them were, and their true meanings. None of them scared me or gave me nightmares. They just made me curious. Seems like most had to do with British royalty and the Catholic church.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

Same, one of my favorite's was goosey goosey gander

[@fawnies_at_your_service]

I’m pretty sure the rock a bye baby nursery is about how back in the day, babies would be put in trees at night instead of tents because wolves could eat them when their caretaker was asleep, but the babies would fall off of the trees and die. I could be wrong, but that’s the story I heard.

[@haze2268]

6:51 Okay, pause and see that you dont even need him to explain that its a dark message.

[@Gabytheweeb]

Ikr

[@fredhypeyan3499]

Yes

[@Pseudonym660]

1:56 I love how people tend to use Tower Bridge (which is just upstream) as a graphic, when presenting about London Bridge, because it's more iconic.

[@SWLinPHX]

Tower Bridge is technically a "London bridge" but yeah. One has a more iconic name and the other a more iconic look.

[@YesYes-jununj]

6:20 Not to be that person but fun fact, King Henry had Anne Boleyn executed by an expert swords man from I believe France as a last act of mercy for the wife he moved heaven and earth to be with. She was not executed with an axe.

[@WilliamTan-d2c]

Baby Shark: Fish getting chased by a whole family of sharks till the fish die.

[@justaewok215]

Here comrade here’s a pill to warn off the bots 💊

[@bukitcengkeh1]

More like cyanide pills I mean hey bots can't bother you if you're dead amirite?

[@justaewok215]

@@bukitcengkeh1 lol

[@N3NF]

@@bukitcengkeh1 lel

[@P-X-T]

@@bukitcengkeh1 lol

[@commitleavingzoommeetingby11]

Poison in a pill form,cool

[@petsoverpeople8980]

as somebody who grew up not speaking english and never heard these before i dont see how any of this is can be considered innocent. at 9:15 the nursey rhyme is literally talking about a falling baby from the top of a tree

[@Omni_G]

I can't remember exactly where I read it other than it being on Wikipedia, but I remember reading something that says the stars in space are actually fallen angels that have been chained up. So twinkle twinkle little star...yeah...

[@micahfrempong1600]

Well no there not there burning gas

[@julezH1967]

There is also a song of Mary known by the name of secret garden I believe at least because if you think about it, it starts with the words "oh Mary, contrary, how does your garden grow? Come with me and you'll be the seventh maid in a row" but it is also know as a flowerfell song

[@okosuntom2808]

London bridge and three blind mice was one of my favourite rhyme as a kid in kindergarten .Thanks for telling the true stories behind the nursery rhymes😃

[@lenafay6641]

I also was fooled into thinking they were harmless rhymes

[@Ahnaf57]

@@lenafay6641 the blind mice seems to be violent even when i first heard it

[@shwetachoudhary8773]

Excuse me, WHAT

[@tt_reply]

the London bridge story is real, my parents told me my great great great great uncle got bricked up- he died of hunger and the lack of heat. a year later they took down the bridge and found MOST of the kids/adults

[@pawn1234]

rip.

[@eutopioeutopia8387]

So, one of your direct ancestors was sealed into the foundation of London Bridge?

[@sciencerscientifico310]

Getting sealed in the foundation of a building or bridge was a horrible way to die!

[@NajwaLaylah]

My adorable mother told me the back-story about Ring-a-Ring-of-Roses when I was still young enough to sing it.

[@JoyfulJilly]

Fun fact: the original lyrics and the version the other side of the world sings (at least in the UK) is “Ring around the Rosie, pocket full of posies, a tissue, a tissue, we all fall down.” Or another version that actually makes sense is “a-choo, a-choo”. During the plague they were actually not allowed to cremate bodies so there is speculation that is isn’t about the plague but it is.

[@thepastcomesalive2082]

I wonder if archaeologists and historians ever uncovered the original manuscripts for the nursery rhymes that we all know?

[@somerandomguy2073]

I seriously doubt any nursery rhyme had an original manuscript. Most would've been around for years and years before anyone bothered writing them down.

[@munkeefinkelbeen5395]

As I've heard it, the London Bridge rhyme was quite literally about the bridge falling down, due to being overloaded with buildings and such. London Bridge was moved brick by brick, and can now be found in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA.

[@debbieanne7962]

Brings back memories of 55 years ago when I was a child. Boy religion has a lot to answer for!

[@summerxbjorn]

How old are u

[@roseplayer55]

My friend: "Hey do know what's creepy about Humpty Dumpty?" Me: "No?" My friend: "they never said he was an egg" Me: "wait WHA--"