Old McDonald was a fucking wizard. Io iao

Old nursery rhymes come with some strange and interesting legacies for their original meaning and context. Like Ringaround the Roseys being about the Black Death. These meanings and contexts are at least partially occulted and Old McDonald is no exception. I know. This will sound crazier as I go then itll make sense. Just bear with me. It gets interesting.

First off " Ee-aye ee-aye oh " when written in Greek letters is I-AI I-AI O " , all vowels. Vowels were considered more divine than consonants by the ancient Greeks as unlike consonants all the vowels could be pronounced on their own, whereas consonants always require or come with a vowel. Secondly IO was an ancient ritual cry of the Greeks and Roman's meaning " Praise " almost always followed by a God or Goddess name, such as IAO or the name it was derived from by the Hermetics, pic related. Iota Alpha Omega. " Ee-a-aw " . But the name IAO is pronounced " Ee-a-oh ". Thirdly you're probably wondering if this is a bit of a stretch based on semi homonymns. Well here's where you get a strangely Christian pun. Yes a pun unlocks it. AI sounds the same as " Eye ". You write it in Greek, then open the " Eyes " to let the Alpha and Omega in. IO IAO. Though in our modern Roman letters the Omega is substituted by an O. IAO is called on specifically in the Ritual of the Hexagram, the Rosey Cross Ritual, and the Star Sapphire. And is derived from the name of several deities named in pic related