Question

Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With cockle shells and silver bells And pretty maids all in a row meaning ​

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Another theory sees the rhyme as connected to Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), with "how does your garden grow" referring to her reign over her realm, "silver bells" referring to (Catholic) cathedral bells, "cockle shells" insinuating that her husband was not faithful to her, and "pretty maids all in a row" referring ...