Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!wjh12!harvard!seismo!mcvax!steven From: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.nlang Subject: Re: Ring around the rosie Message-ID: <6091@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 08:08:47 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.6091 Posted: Tue Oct 16 08:08:47 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Oct-84 09:49:42 EDT References: <180@scc.UUCP> <360@amdahl.UUCP> Reply-To: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 12 Xref: mcvax net.misc:2611 net.nlang:77 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