The title of it is simply "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary." See the link below for more information.
Mary MaryMary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?With silver bells, and cockle shells,And pretty maids all in a row.
Three things planted in Mary, Mary, quite contrary's garden were silver bells, cockleshells, and pretty maids all in a row.
Silver bells, cockleshells and pretty maids all in a row.
Mary's garden grows Silver Bells and Cockle shells, along with pretty maids all in a row.
The nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is about a girl named Mary who tends to her garden. The rhyme describes various elements of her garden, like silver bells, cockleshells, and pretty maids all in a row. It's a whimsical way of depicting a bountiful and well-kept garden.
One explanation is that the Mary is Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) and that the silver bells and cockleshells and little maids are instruments of torture. Another religion based explanation is that the garden refers to Mary's womb and the silver bells to Catholic church and the pretty maids to nuns.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?With silver bells, and cockleshells,And pretty maids all in a row. 1st line- Referring To Bloody Mary 2nd line- The garden is a cemetery 3rd line- Silver bells and cockleshells are instruments of torture 4th line- The 'pretty maids all in a row' are guillotines that are lined up in rows
Mary Mary quite contrary How does your garden grow. With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row
using mainly spoons and manure, she grows silver bells and cockle shells. It's quite magnificent in the springtime. I hear that she has an entry to this year's Chelsea flower show. The pretty maids don't live there any more, they went to university last Easter. ................................ Well actually that nursery rhyme was decatied to a queen that was ruthless. Mary Tudor, she murdered many ppl because of their reliagion the flowers are tombstones and the sliver belles are the gullitone or the bells that toll when some one dies. her nick name was "bloody Mary" there is also some debate if its really about Mary Queen of Scots
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary is a nursery rhyme that says Mary's garden grows with silver bells and cockle shells, as well as pretty maids all in a row.
the poem goes: Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row.
Mary=Queen of Scotland Garden=her reign silver bells=cathedral bells cockle shells=her husband cheated on her pretty maids all in a row=her dead children