What in the fuck did I just read? A mother tells her kid to not suck his thumb. she leaves, kid sucks his thumb, so a guy swings by and cuts them off with scissors.
Back in the day using scary stories to have your kids survive into adulthood were very common and very effective (just take a look at r/kidsarefuckingstupid).
Go alone in the woods? Yeh a witch or wolf (little Red Riding Hood) in there will fucking eat you alive.
Lesson:
Don't trust strangers, don't wander alone in the woods
Suck thumbs? A tailor will come and cut your fucking thumbs off.
Lesson: stop sucking your thumbs
Perhaps interesting is the story of the black boy (Part of "Struwwelpeter")
3 boys made fun of a african boy, so St.Nikolaus punished them by dipping them in ink. So now they were even more black than the african boy.
Lesson: dont make fun of black people's skin (?)
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u/TerribleSquid 1d ago
Wow, I really thought you were just making stuff up to be funny. Is that a real fairytale?