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Friday, March 26, 2004

Why did Jack and Jill fall down the hill? Believe it or not, they were trying to get it on.



They seem innocent enough, but Jack and Jill may have become amorous as they climbed that hill for a pail of water. And instead of a water bird, "Goosey, goosey gander" may refer to a woman of ill repute, says Chris Roberts, a social-history graduate and librarian at the University of East London. Roberts has re-examined the origins of 24 popular nursery rhymes for a new book, Heavy Words Thrown Lightly. "The rhymes have all been well researched, but I have looked at them from a more modern, psychoanalytical perspective," he said.


He. Hehe. Hehehe. Read the rest here.



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