"Bod" wrote in message
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On 14/02/2021 06:26, Bod wrote:
On 14/02/2021 06:00, micky wrote:
Jack and Gill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down
And broke his crown,
And Gill came tumbling after.


Why would anyone go up a hill to get water?

Water should be at the bottom of the hill, at the stream, or at a well.
Aren't wells more often dug nearer to the bottom of a hill?

There are plenty of lakes half way up hills and even some mountains.


What we really need to know, is how on earth does contrary Mary make her
garden grow using cockleshells.....silver bells and pretty maids.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockleshells
And pretty maids all in a row
And pretty maids all in a row

The pretty maids all in a row are the gardeners and
they crush up the cockleshells to fix the acid soil.

The silver bells keep the herbivores from eating the plants.