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From: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.nlang
Subject: Re: Ring around the rosie
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Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 08:08:47 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 16 08:08:47 1984
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Summary: 

> 	Ring around the rosie
> 	Pockets full of Posies.
> 	Ashes, ashes, all fall down.
> 
> I heard that the "ashes" were in reference to making a mark on the forehead
> with ashes, another charm to ward off the Plague.  (Certainly they would
> have had a lot of human ashes, though).

In England they sing "Attishoo, attishoo, we all fall down". I heard that
sneezing was a symptom of the plague.

Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam. steven@mcvax.UUCP