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{{ ---"Ring around the Rosie"--refers to a red mark, supposedly the first sign of the plague.

---"A pocket full of posies"-- refers to sachets of herbs carried to ward off infection.

---"Ashes, ashes" --either a reference to the cremation of plague victims or to the words said in the funeral Mass..."Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." Sometimes line three is rendered as..
"Atischoo, atischoo"--sneezing, another sign of infection.

---"We all fall down." -- The Plague was not selective in its victims; both rich and poor, young and old, succumbed.

Later on,
you'll see her tumble down the hill for singing that song.. }}

Description
{{ ---"Ring around the Rosie"--refers to a red mark, supposedly the first sign of the plague.

---"A pocket full of posies"-- refers to sachets of herbs carried to ward off infection.

---"Ashes, ashes" --either a reference to the cremation of plague victims or to the words said in the funeral Mass..."Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." Sometimes line three is rendered as..
"Atischoo, atischoo"--sneezing, another sign of infection.

---"We all fall down." -- The Plague was not selective in its victims; both rich and poor, young and old, succumbed.

Later on,
you'll see her tumble down the hill for singing that song.. }}