... 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,
She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed
https://majorleaguemommy.com/famous-nursery-rhymes-that-are-totally-inappropriate-for-kids/
these don't groom kids. it's sexualizing everything before they even hit puberty, while teaching them immorality is freedom and deviancy is self-expression.
Ha, Korn wrote about how fucked up nursery rhymes are back in 1995 Shoots and Ladders Just saw them perform this song live at Louder than Life festival last weekend in Sept. Still a fucking banger.
Ring around the rosy
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/07/ring-around-the-rosie-metafolklore-rhyme-and-reason/
Well, hopefully, we’ll have a real live rendition of Humpty Dumpty very soon!
Rock a bye baby
Yeah I have noticed this long ago - there is something seriously deranged in the people who write nursery rhymes.
Ha! You think nursery rhymes are messed up? Open a copy of Grimm’s or Hans Christian Anderson some time. Classic fairytales are horrifying.