The whole poem is -
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
And this little piggy had none
And this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home
The whole poem is -
According to Sporcle, it isn’t too hard to spot the darker interpretation in this particular nursery rhyme. If the first pig went to the market to get slaughtered, then the “little piggy staying home” refers to a pig not yet ready to eat, and that must stay home to mature. The “little piggy having roast beef” is about fattening a pig up, while the fourth “piggy that gets none” is too small to go to the market. And perhaps most dark, that final little piggy is not singing “wee, wee, wee”, but rather crying in fright.
No psychologist me, but I was intrigued by the idea that kids have awful nightmares because imagining and confrontating terrifying situations in one's slumber is infinitely safer than doing so later in adult life, so the nightmares prepare the young person for their uncertain future.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:39 pm A lot of nursery rhymes and children's tales are a bit dark, when one really looks at them.
There's five toes. The third one had Arby's for dinner.
Oh, sorry Foggy. Chickens don't have five toes, do they?