Ring a ring of roses, a pocketfull of posies, atishoo, atishoo, all fall down

[Fran0neal]

This song is believed to be originated from the bubonic plague that struck Europe in in the medieval era, "all fall down" describes the grisly death resulting from the plague

[p0kemons]

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[vervelinda]

I think this is creepy:$ when i think about this song I see little children with old fashioned clothes, with pale and white faces, standing in a dark garden, singing this song in gloomy minor tones...

[HeyGennie]

this is about the plague, no one can convince me otherwise

[The2ndAvril]

You know how this is creepy? Seeing little kids dance about the plague. Who was sick enough to come up with this?!?!?!?

[AngelaEvrard]

@The2ndAvril And they sing with a happy music tune xD.

[The2ndAvril]

@AngelaEvrard I know it's just..... **shudders**

[Moonfish2011]

This also has half of the song and a spelling mistake

[onecubed1]

:)

[mimikawaii7386]

Funny how a group of happy little kids sing and dance about the plague lol

[897peace]

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[mittfh]

Err... the plague interpretation is false (and wasn't in use before the 1950s) - check out Wikipedia or Snopes for more information.

[purplemonkeymonkey]

lol to the little kid wandering away at 1:28

[mindtalking]

@purplemonkeymonkey Such a rebel.

[marinos1977]

What a nice little song............ABOUT THE PLAGUE!!

[84iluvrock]

My Friend Katie loves this!!! She's 8 now, but she likes this, and plays a bit of Jack and Jill with her home girls.

[soffesrule1234]

@TheSsdylan thats true my best friend told me that.

[doniUBfan]

@TheSsdylan You are mostly right!

I know that the "roses" is for the rosy rash that appears, the poisies stand by the flowers the people put in their pockets to reduce the smell and alitshoo atishoo we all fall down is the sneezing and the death.

[mossfitz]

@TheSsdylan atishoo is onomatopoeic for a sneeze. (i had to use that word as i won one penny for spelling it around 1961 Hehe! ;-) The blackdeath also induced sneezing i presume. "Ashes" is also derived from this by the way

[The2ndAvril]

@TheSsdylan It's a British thing

[millie8641]

@The2ndAvril ey im from england am from rotherham americas worst country

[The2ndAvril]

@millie8641 Yes I know. We cause so much pollution, we have some of the worst schooling compared to England at least, you don't need to tell me. At least WE'RE free.

[shersherschannelbitc]

@The2ndAvril

hey i'm from england and its just a song gosh and how r those children went to know wat the song is about u bloody bastard

[The2ndAvril]

@shersherschannelbitc Did you just call me a bloody bastard? Heheh that's kinda funny... And you know I have NOTHING against you guys. A lot of my friends are from England. But it IS kinda creepy when you think about it. Plus it's an opinion. And the first time I typed opinion I typed it wrong. FAIL And I know what I said before was really rude but I really didn't mean it. Truly I didn't. Please don't hate me. I would actually like to become your friend, if possible. I hate fighting with people.

[mossfitz]

this was passed from child to child over many centuries and is about the black death

[ImTheHarry]

im in that well when i was younger.

[famousoneday21]

loool i used to love this

[FirdaousEjannah78]

this is so sweet what a lovely kids and teachers..

[The2ndAvril]

@FirdaousEjannah78 IT'S LITTLE KIDS SINGING ABOUT THE PLAGUE