Macabre nursery rhymes

[Bidin~Time]

Judging from Dolf's thread some of you might be interested in this:

http://www.cracked.com/article_16576_the-disturbing-origins-5-common-nursery-rhymes.html

and then there's this site,, which btw shares the origin of Ring around the Rosie:

http://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/macabre_mother_goose_the_dark_side_of_children_s_songs/


you can thank me later

 

[GimpyIntellect]

I prefer my nursery rhymes from Andrew Dice Clay.

 

[Que]

I thought the point of a bed-time story was to scare the offspring from putting their feet on the floor before morning?

 

[Bidin~Time]

tell the real story to your kids, and they won't leave their bedrooms ever again.

 

[CandiCame]

tell the real story to your kids, and they won't leave their bedrooms ever again.

I disagree. Kids love terrible things. I submit, as proof, the BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK EVER.

http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1338762802l/1325218.jpg

 

[Disgustipated]

I disagree. Kids love terrible things.

You're not even allowed to have your own kid, you piece of shit.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

I disagree. Kids love terrible things. I submit, as proof, the BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK EVER.

http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1338762802l/1325218.jpg

They just re released those with new artwork. I guess the old stuff was too scary. I loved em myself

 

[CandiCame]

They just re released those with new artwork. I guess the old stuff was too scary. I loved em myself

Yeah and that is such BULLSHIT! Gammel was a GOD! Nobody bought those for the stories. Thankfully I snagged a PDF along with my old hard copies so BiteSize can experience the true terror as it was intended. Also, this.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

My parents read me Grimm.

 

[gravyrug]

My parents read me Grimm.

I read Grimm to the Ruglets. Original Grimm, not the watered down stuff.

Also, for a couple of years, we recited Jabberwocky every night at bedtime. The Younger Ruglet can still quote it verbatim.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I read Grimm to the Ruglets. Original Grimm, not the watered down stuff.

Also, for a couple of years, we recited Jabberwocky every night at bedtime. The Younger Ruglet can still quote it verbatim.

Hardback and illustrated.

 

[AbsintheFather]

I had a dirty Nursery Rhyme thread a while back . . it was most fun

 

[Jennifer]

I disagree. Kids love terrible things. I submit, as proof, the BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK EVER.

http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1338762802l/1325218.jpg

Omg. Flashbacks. I can't wait to terrorize my kids.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Omg. Flashbacks. I can't wait to terrorize my kids.

Quoted for evidence.

 

[Queersetti]

My parents read me Grimm.

It was probably the first thing they thought of when they first saw you.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

It was probably the first thing they thought of when they first saw you.

I was no.4. Livestock mostly.

 

[PayDay]

I was no.4. Livestock mostly.

fourth
http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/19/tumblr_mbujpqNeg01qdulueo1_500.jpg

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/3/tumblr_mh29628G4d1qif8gno1_500.jpg

 

[PayDay]

http://www.brainpickings.org/2011/01/19/edward-gorey-the-gashlycrumb-tinies/

The Gashly Crumb Tinies.

E is for Ernest who choked on a peach.

G is for George smothered under a rug.

 

[PayDay]

I like this Grimm's Complete. It's pretty good, I'm halfway through it:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gri...s-grimm-brothers/1119855657?ean=9781435141865

Same thing made into a 'booksafe' :
https://www.etsy.com/listing/161458..._language=en&gclid=COLJl8-ugMICFa9j7AodfHEAGg

"The Golden Key":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Key_(Grimm's_Fairy_Tales)
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm200.html

Once in the wintertime when the snow was very deep, a poor boy had to go out and fetch wood on a sled. After he had gathered it together and loaded it, he did not want to go straight home, because he was so frozen, but instead to make a fire and warm himself a little first. So he scraped the snow away, and while he was thus clearing the ground he found a small golden key. Now he believed that where there was a key, there must also be a lock, so he dug in the ground and found a little iron chest. "If only the key fits!" he thought. "Certainly there are valuable things in the chest." He looked, but there was no keyhole. Finally he found one, but so small that it could scarcely be seen. He tried the key, and fortunately it fitted. Then he turned it once, and now we must wait until he has finished unlocking it and has opened the lid. Then we shall find out what kind of wonderful things there were in the little chest.