The Real Meaning Behind Nursery Rhymes

Goosie Goosie gander

GOOSIE GOOSIE GANDER

This nice tail about throwing a man down the stairs.... Umm yeah, that's not the only thing it's about.


Lyrics

Goosey Goosey Gander where shall I wander,
Upstairs, downstairs and in my lady's chamber
There I met an old man who wouldn't say his prayers,
I took him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs.

Decoding

So there are two versions.

1)
" gooses goosey gander where shall I wander,"

This refiners to the post civil war, when the men did goose steps.

"Upstairs, downstairs and in my lady's chamber"
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"There I met an old man who wouldn't say his prayers"

Refers to a catholic priest praying, but not the way the men wanted it done.

"I took him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs"

If the soldiers found a catholic priest they.... Treated them illy.


2)
" Goosie Goosie gander where shall I wander"
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"Upstairs downstairs, in my lady's chamber"

Catholic priest would hide inside tunnels burrowed within the walls of people who wanted to help them. These people could be sentenced to death if found out so they burrowed tunnels.

" there I met an old man who wouldn't say his prayers"

anyone failing to say their prayers correctly - meaning the Protestant Prayers, said in English as opposed to Catholic prayers which were said in Latin. It was against catholic religion and Protestants wanted it done the Protestant way.

" I took him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs."

If you where discovered you where executed.