This is another one of those head scratching nursery rhymes!
Barber, Barber, shave a pig! How many hairs to make a wig? Four and twenty, that's enough, Give the poor barber a pinch of snuff!
So, who thought boar bristles would make a good wig? A hairbrush maybe, but a wig?
It does make a cute block, though!
4 comments:
The "pinch of snuff" part is a little odd for a kids rhyme! Tish
I am a bit concerned about the shaving a pig part...
but who am I concerned about...the pig....
or the barber...who doesn't look that old?
is it barber school, where they practice on...pigs?
I thought I knew or at least had heard all the nursery rhymes...However, this is new to me. Cute design, though. Love, WS
This is a new one for me about the barber and the pig. Makes a very cute block tho! The pig looks quite happy even though he does appear to be wiggling a bit.
Aren't "nursery" rhymes intriguing? You know they came from somewhere, but you really have to wonder about their origins.
I remember hearing that "Ring around the Rosy" was really about the Black Death but there are skeptics about that explanation. Imagine us all joined hands, skipping in a circle and singing about the plague! I'm glad I didn't know that then!
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