Hi! I am a little nervous about this whole blog business. I have postponed star
ting my own blog for a long time, in hopes that I would someday have faster internet connection. I love seeing current photos of my friends and family and I am really bad at downloading/printing my own photos so perhaps this blog will help me get those pictures to people who would like to see them a little faster. I'm not sure if people are actually going to want to read my strange thoughts...the real reason I am doing this is to improve my journal-writing skills.
The origin of the name Mary Mack is obscure, and various theories have been proposed. According to one theory Mary Mack originally was Merrimack (an early ironclad that would have been black, with silver rivets) suggesting that the first verse refers to the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War. In America, slave children would sometimes sing the hand-clapping
song while they worked.
Another possible origin of the song from the American Civil War could be from a famous Union ship taken over by the Confederate States Army named Miss Mary Mack.
They jumped so high, high, high
ting my own blog for a long time, in hopes that I would someday have faster internet connection. I love seeing current photos of my friends and family and I am really bad at downloading/printing my own photos so perhaps this blog will help me get those pictures to people who would like to see them a little faster. I'm not sure if people are actually going to want to read my strange thoughts...the real reason I am doing this is to improve my journal-writing skills.So far the hardest part was coming up with an idea for my blog 
name. I'm still not convinced that this is the best idea I could come up with, but oh well, at least it's done. A little story about me as a child: in class I would often not pay attention to the teacher. I was either day-dreaming or talking to my neighbor. On more than one occasion I thought the teacher was calling on me and answered, "what?" when she announced it was time for Show and Tell. Shauntelle....Show-n-telle.
name. I'm still not convinced that this is the best idea I could come up with, but oh well, at least it's done. A little story about me as a child: in class I would often not pay attention to the teacher. I was either day-dreaming or talking to my neighbor. On more than one occasion I thought the teacher was calling on me and answered, "what?" when she announced it was time for Show and Tell. Shauntelle....Show-n-telle.My friend, Shaury (my inspiration to join the blogging world), suggested Miss Mary Mack for my blog name because I always wear black....I realized this a couple of years ago when my laundry load of darks was especially large. Thought I'd add some black shirt pictures. I almost picked Miss Mary Mack for my blog name, but I didn't know if people 
would know this rhyme (I didn't). Thought I would share my google find:
would know this rhyme (I didn't). Thought I would share my google find:The origin of the name Mary Mack is obscure, and various theories have been proposed. According to one theory Mary Mack originally was Merrimack (an early ironclad that would have been black, with silver rivets) suggesting that the first verse refers to the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War. In America, slave children would sometimes sing the hand-clapping
song while they worked.Another possible origin of the song from the American Civil War could be from a famous Union ship taken over by the Confederate States Army named Miss Mary Mack.
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack (name of the ship)
All dressed in black, black, black (ironclad ships were popular at the time.)
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons (bolts)
All down her back, back, back (ships are referred to as females.)
She asked her mother, mother, mother (the Confederate States of America)
For fifteen cents, cents, cents (the Confederate States Army were going through major money problems)
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants (elephants are the symbol of the Republican party, which was the majority of the
North, and the Union)
Jump over the fence, fence, fence (the boundary line)
All dressed in black, black, black (ironclad ships were popular at the time.)
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons (bolts)
All down her back, back, back (ships are referred to as females.)
She asked her mother, mother, mother (the Confederate States of America)
For fifteen cents, cents, cents (the Confederate States Army were going through major money problems)
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants (elephants are the symbol of the Republican party, which was the majority of the
North, and the Union)Jump over the fence, fence, fence (the boundary line)
They jumped so high, high, high
They touched the sky, sky, sky,
This adding pictures thing is killing me...it is taking me ages to get it right. I have no idea what I'm doing so I'm sorry my blog will be very basic for a while until I get the hang of it. Happy reading!
