Questions...

Q. Why do you think a nursery rhyme was written about two monarchs getting their heads chopped off?

Q. Why do you think the story has been around for so long?

Q. What was the reason for the King and Queen getting beheaded?

Q. Why do you think people make nursery rhymes about murders and death?

Summary

Jack and Jill was a story about a boy and a girl who went up a hill to get some water, but the trip took an unexpected turn. Both children fell down the hill to their doom!

Sources

http://http://www.rhymes.org.uk/jack_and_jill.htm
http://www.indianchild.com/jack%20and%20jill.htm

The Truth Behind Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill might be a fun filled nursery rhyme for kids, but what's the real story behind the rhyme? The story "jack and jill" was written in France. Jack stands for King Louis XVI who was beheaded (lost his crown), and Jill stands for Queen Marie Antoinette who "came tumbling after." The beheading of this king and queen happened in 1793. So if you thought this rhyme was just for fun and had no purpose...well...things aren't always as they seem.

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

went up the hill

to fetch a pail of water;

Jack fell down

and broke his crown,

And Jill came tumbling after.

Then up Jack got,

and home did trot

As fast as he could caper.

And went to bed

to mend his head

with vinegar and paper.

This is where I got the lyrics to the rhyme:

http://www.indianchild.com/jack%20and%20jill.htm