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!