MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY


Meaning of MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY in English

the title and first line of a traditional nursery rhyme , sometimes set to music. The full poem is:

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle-shells,

And pretty maids all in a row.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.