I have to say some nursery rhyme that we are so familiar with sometimes just don't make any sense.
Like in Itsy Bitsy Spider, why in the world would it travel back up the water spout, only to encounter a closed off valve and then when someone turns it out, to only be flooded out. What in the world is the moral of that. All I can say about it is, if you a spider don't climb up water spouts as if they are caves. Better yet find a nice hot and humid space underneath a sink or cupboard. Both are usually safer and you are less likely to rebuild your web.
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.
Up came the sun, and dried up all the rain,
and the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.
The actual purpose of the rhyme is to improve dexterity in children when doing the finger movements. So besides it being a rhyme that is easy to remember it also has an educational aspect, who would have figured that.
Besides rhyming words, they are just amazingly thought out and most of them don't make sense. So who cares, as long as that's all your children are saying them, they are developing their language skill, what is it to them if they don't know or for that matter care what it means.
Have a lovely Halloween!!!
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