by anonymos on May 9th, 2007

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What's the storyline behind Ring Around the Rosey?

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  • by Balderdash aka PNB on May 9th, 2007

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    From what I heard, it refers to The Plague. People thought that they could prevent getting the plague if they held a bunch of flowers in front of their face. They would carry the posies in their pockets.

    I think "ashes, ashes" was originally achoo

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