What is the history of "Ring Around the rosie"?
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Yes it was created awhile ago........about 1340 AD. Yes that long ago.
Ring Around the rosie refers to the marks that the plague put on people's skins. "A pocket full of posies" refers to the flowers people carried around. It was supposed to protect against plague.
" Husha-hasha" refers to the sound people made as they died of plague. It is surprising the rhyme is still part of the English speaking culture.
Ring Around the rosie refers to the marks that the plague put on people's skins. "A pocket full of posies" refers to the flowers people carried around. It was supposed to protect against plague.
" Husha-hasha" refers to the sound people made as they died of plague. It is surprising the rhyme is still part of the English speaking culture.
some people think it is an innocent rhyme. but it cam from the plauge in eaurope almost 5 centuries ago
ring around the rosie:
One of the first visible signs of infection were red rings surrounding a rosy bump, all over the victim's body.
pocket full of posy:
A common belief of the time was that the plague was borne on "foul air." The rationale was that people could protect themselves from the bad air by keeping their local air smelling sweet. That, and it also helped them deal with the smell of death...On the other hand, another sign of infection was the foul stench that would begin to emanate from the victim's body as their lymph system began filling with blood. Those still mobile endeavored to mask their stench and avoid detection by carrying flowers on their person.
ashes, ashes:
In the terminal phases of the disease, victims would be hemorrhaging internally, sometimes triggering sneezing as it irritated the breathing passages. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of a paroxysm of sneezing. In this weakened state, a victim could, and often did, sneeze their lungs out. Messy...
we all fall down:
By now, this one should need little explanation
.
ring around the rosie:
One of the first visible signs of infection were red rings surrounding a rosy bump, all over the victim's body.
pocket full of posy:
A common belief of the time was that the plague was borne on "foul air." The rationale was that people could protect themselves from the bad air by keeping their local air smelling sweet. That, and it also helped them deal with the smell of death...On the other hand, another sign of infection was the foul stench that would begin to emanate from the victim's body as their lymph system began filling with blood. Those still mobile endeavored to mask their stench and avoid detection by carrying flowers on their person.
ashes, ashes:
In the terminal phases of the disease, victims would be hemorrhaging internally, sometimes triggering sneezing as it irritated the breathing passages. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of a paroxysm of sneezing. In this weakened state, a victim could, and often did, sneeze their lungs out. Messy...
we all fall down:
By now, this one should need little explanation
.
it was a old saying dated back to the black plague days when some one got the black death they had pox and or red rings on themselves, and persons at the time thought poesy's flowers would keep the plague away, ashes ashes were burning of the corpses witch were in the tens of thousands and all fall down was a reference to the death drop. wear persons would be found dead right in there tracks.kinda sick now its a kids song.
daydreamer101
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the bubonic plague or the black death. i know that ashes ashes we all fall down meant they burned the bodies after the people died i forgot what the other verses meant. look it up on google
some people think it is an innocent rhyme. but it cam from the plauge in eaurope almost 5 centuries ago
ring around the rosie:
One of the first visible signs of infection were red rings surrounding a rosy bump, all over the victim's body.
pocket full of posy:
A common belief of the time was that the plague was borne on "foul air." The rationale was that people could protect themselves from the bad air by keeping their local air smelling sweet. That, and it also helped them deal with the smell of death...On the other hand, another sign of infection was the foul stench that would begin to emanate from the victim's body as their lymph system began filling with blood. Those still mobile endeavored to mask their stench and avoid detection by carrying flowers on their person.
ashes, ashes:
In the terminal phases of the disease, victims would be hemorrhaging internally, sometimes triggering sneezing as it irritated the breathing passages. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of a paroxysm of sneezing. In this weakened state, a victim could, and often did, sneeze their lungs out. Messy...
we all fall down:
By now, this one should need little explanation
.
ring around the rosie:
One of the first visible signs of infection were red rings surrounding a rosy bump, all over the victim's body.
pocket full of posy:
A common belief of the time was that the plague was borne on "foul air." The rationale was that people could protect themselves from the bad air by keeping their local air smelling sweet. That, and it also helped them deal with the smell of death...On the other hand, another sign of infection was the foul stench that would begin to emanate from the victim's body as their lymph system began filling with blood. Those still mobile endeavored to mask their stench and avoid detection by carrying flowers on their person.
ashes, ashes:
In the terminal phases of the disease, victims would be hemorrhaging internally, sometimes triggering sneezing as it irritated the breathing passages. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of a paroxysm of sneezing. In this weakened state, a victim could, and often did, sneeze their lungs out. Messy...
we all fall down:
By now, this one should need little explanation
.
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r99921249
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"Ring Around the Rosie" is sometimes believed to be about the bubonic plague. I know one of my teachers told me that, and this is the explanation I personally got:
Ring around the rosie,..........(Circling the grave or corpse maybe?)
Pockets full of posies, .........(Flowers for the dead)
Ashes, ashes......................(Ashes from the cremation of the bodies)
We all fall down!..................(Everyone dies)
Pretty interesting
Ring around the rosie,..........(Circling the grave or corpse maybe?)
Pockets full of posies, .........(Flowers for the dead)
Ashes, ashes......................(Ashes from the cremation of the bodies)
We all fall down!..................(Everyone dies)
Pretty interesting
There's a lot of discussion on this - and not much agreement. One theory is that it refers to the Black Plague (otherwise known as the Bubonic Plague) which could kill people within hours (all fall down) and was spread by sneezing (hush-ah, hush-ah could be a corruption of Ah-choo, a-choo) and the ring is the plague pustules.
The pocket full of posies could be the herbs that were thought to keep the plague (and other illnesses) at bay.
Others say this is nonsense and it's just a playground song.
The pocket full of posies could be the herbs that were thought to keep the plague (and other illnesses) at bay.
Others say this is nonsense and it's just a playground song.
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Mr.Baseball
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"Ring a Ring o' Roses" or "Ring Around the Rosie" is a nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game. It first appeared in print in 1881; but it is reported that a version was already being sung to the current tune in the 1790s. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7925.
HaK attack! [panda-kun]
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i think ti's the plague or war. one of them. almost all nursery rhyme songs are dark...