November 19 2012 by jallabenny.
Silver bells and cockle shells flowers.
With silver bells and cockle shells and so my garden grows.
Silver bells stood for thumb screws that were torture devices cockle shells that was a genital torture device and the pretty maids in a row stood for the people lining up to be executed by the halifax gibbet which is the same as the guillotine.
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Cowslips all in arow sic.
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Several printed versions of the 18th century have the lyrics.
With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row in other versions of mary mary quite contrary the last line is slightly different variations include cowslips all in a row or with lady bells all in a row lady bells and cowslips are both types of plants.
Feb 21 2012 plants in my vancouver garden.
This interpretation i believe to be the real one as the meaning of how does your garden grow.
This rhyme was first time published in in 1744 in england so it is very old.
The last line has the most variation including.
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I didn t even realise that i was holding my breath until i heard the words i m sorry the radiographer went on to explain that there was no heartbeat no growth since last week and no blood flow to the.
And with lady bells all in a row.
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Like many nursery rhymes.
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Mary mary quite contrary is a popular nursery rhyme about gardening.
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With silver bells and cockle shells sing cuckolds all in a row.
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Silver bells and cockle shells life after my year of miscarriage.