Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

It was childish, really.

The kind of school yard name calling that might have involved mentions of someone's

mother or ugly, shaved dogs walking backwards.

I'm sure you can recall a few from your own childhood.

Except the ones hurling the insults weren't children.

No, far from it.

They were grown men fighting a war.

During the Revolutionary War, both the Americans and the British troops disparaged each other

with the most deprecating putdowns they could come up with.

It was war, after all.

But instead of mere tons, both sides used diddies, simple songs with memorable pointed lyrics.

You see, the American and British troops played fiefs and drums to signal battle, wake

up, perform chores, and boost the men's fighting morale as they headed to battle.

Both sides sang a variety of verses mocking the other, each had their favorite targets,

too.

Americans loved to insult King George III, and the British loved to insult the Americans.

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