“Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary”

Cultural  

1. A nursery rhyme:

   Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

   How does your garden grow?

   With silver bells, and cockleshells,

   And pretty maids all in a row.

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Example Sentences

When Sybil died at the age of 91 in 2021, the Mary Mary Quite Contrary egg in blue and white paper remained intact, complete with a decorative garden scene of a little girl with a watering can.

From BBC

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your fortune grow?” asks one ad.

From MSNBC

Mary, Mary, quite contrary ARY, Mary, Quite contrary, How does your garden grow?

From Project Gutenberg

Mary, Mary quite contrary," read the ad, "How does your monopoly grow?

From BusinessWeek