Mary, Mary Quite Contrary *the history behind the rhyme*

A short film telling the hidden meaning behind the lyrics of the nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary quite contrary. The Mary in the nursery rhyme is Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary).

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[SHERIPERRI]

why was she killed?

[worcesterjonny]

@SHERIPERRI She wasn't killed, but she had a lot of people killed because of their religion:(

[SHERIPERRI]

what mary is it?

[worcesterjonny]

@SHERIPERRI It was Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary)

[singasongful1]

Clever, but I don't think it is correct.

You didn't even say what Mary we are talking about!!

[worcesterjonny]

@singasongful1 - It was Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary)

[ukchristian28]

Other theories: Silver bells and cockle shells could refere to instruments of torture. The 'silver bells' may refer to thumbscrews, while the 'cockleshells' are thought to have been instruments of torture which were attached to the genitals. "Pretty maids all in a row" might be a reference to 'maidens' which were early guillotine-like devices used to cut off heads.

Some have suggested it could be about both Marys

[11Cammie11]

this isnt right. im doin a project on this at university! it is about bloody mary, and the gardens emulate the graveyards of all the people she sentenced to be killed cuz they stayed protestant n she wanted them to be catholics. silver bells n cockle shells were colloquial terms for instruments of tourture, like other people have said. and 'maids' is the name of a beheading device, like the guilotine. i think this reflects what a lot of other people have said. x

[Killjoy98R]

@bountyhunt72

no she died of stomach cancer and thats why she never had any children

[bountyhunt72]

@worcesterjonny she was killed... she was beheaded by her half sister Queen Elizabeth I of England because she conspired with King Philip II to kill Queen Elizabeth in order for Mary to take the English throne and restore England back to Catholicism like it was before Queen Elizabeth made England Anglican - Protestant.

[bountyhunt72]

@worcesterjonny she was killed... she was beheaded by her half sister Queen Elizabeth I because she was a conspirator in the Babington plot to kill Queen Elizabeth

[nrocks090]

Mary couldn't have children because she had cervical or stomach cancer which killed her

[autumnjrain]

The blood-bather is supposed to be Countess Bathory of Transylvania; & that up for speculation, but makes for interesting stories. She's also said to be a maid torturer.

[Nueroactive]

Cock and shells and all in a row! I'd say she's ready to kill.

[AshKetchumRawkz]

O_O' i can't believe i actually liked this song?!

[BottlePopBabyy124]

not true mary was bloody mary she had a death chamber ... she killed all her maids with silver bells and cockle shells *death tools* ... when she was done with them she would use their blood for her skin to look younger ...

[TheSpazySquirrel]

English nursery rhymes are really scary if you think about it . . . O_o

[lololollipopx3]

Its pretty much only cuckolding when its the man cheating on the woman I believe