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RE: The Sinister meaning behind two well known Nursery Rhymes
upvoted resteemed.... I know that "ring around the rosey" has a dark deadly past, something about the plague?
upvoted resteemed.... I know that "ring around the rosey" has a dark deadly past, something about the plague?
Ring-a-ring of Roses, a pocket full of posies, atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down...
One of the symptoms of the plague was the sense of smell detected roses. That was a sign you'd got it.
They kept pockets full of posies to try to ward off either the smell of death or the plague itself - I doubt it worked for either.
Once you'd got the smell of roses, you were going to be falling down pretty shortly.
Exam in Derbyshire is famous... I might do a post about it.
Oh... and Resteemed!