.. it would be a very successful PR exercise useful to both for domestic consumption if they saw fit to provide an escort.

If wishes were fishes we’d all swim in riches or we’d all cast nets ..

The original rhyme actually includes a line about wishes being horses. In this case, the horses are being ridden by the beggars, because beggars are poor people that would love to have their wishes come true. Along with this line, we see that turnips are swords, meaning everyone would have a turn at their side should they need to defend themselves.

Whatever : )