Nursery Rhymes

[GUT]

If Baa Baa Black Sheep is potentially racist....what about Mary had a Little Lamb whose fleece was white as snow 
Carol

Don't you know PC doesn't apply to white.

[Rosinish]

my mother in law (Arab and Russian background) would sing them rhymes in Arabic. I seem to remember one she tried to translate as being about a bird which left its nest to end up in a dinner - a familiar theme?

I remembered a few words & googled them & got this selection.........

http://petcaretips.net/nursery-rhyme-bird.html

Annie

[loobylooayr]

Not now permitted to teach/sing to children Bah Bah Black Sheep - its considered racist at least in Scotland

Younger grandson was being a playground buddy and some of the younger children, who he was looking after, were playing a game and singing this very old nursery rhyme and a teaching assistant came over and gave them all a telling of  They were aged 6/7 . Grandson says you can still sing it but one word has to be omitted.

No offence to anyone but is this not political correctness gone mad


Dorrie

I know of a Scottish Nursery who have changed this rhyme to Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep (a friend's child was taught this version)

[loobylooayr]

MadaboutRoses,

Horsey, Horsey don't you stop was a huge favourite of mine's and my younger sister, especially when my sister was on her rocking horse.
Years later I sang it too my 2 sons, then after a gap to their wee sister (now 15).
We still joke among the family about her as a toddler sitting on a rocking horse in Ottakars book shop singing her own incomprehensible version.
I sang it to them bouncing on my knee too - happy memories.

Looby

[a-l]

Do you remember the one which says here comes the chopper to chop off your head ? I think it was Oranges and Lemons.                                                         Children gleefully singing and mimicking the chopper seemed so macabre.                Sue

[GUT]

Do you remember the one which says here comes the chopper to chop off your head ? I think it was Oranges and Lemons.                                                         Children gleefully singing and mimicking the chopper seemed so macabre.                Sue

That it was.

[Treetotal]

Oranges and Lemons was used in George Orwell's book "1984"

Carol

[a-l]

Thankyou Gut.                                              Carol,I don't remember that but thankyou.                                                      I haven't seen you since old sayings , how are you ?

[Treetotal]

Hi A-L...Fine thank you how about you?
Carol