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I'm not sure... But I DO KNOW ring around the rosy!
"Ring Around the Rosy," a common childhood song and dance, is really about one of the deadliest epidemics in all of history - the Bubonic Plague. It claimed millions of victims.
The opening words, "Ring around the rosy," represent the skin lesion associated with the disease that appears as a bright red, or rosy, ulcerated spot surrounded by a ring.
The next line, "Pocket full of posies," has superstitious origins. Physicians used to carry scented herbs and flowers - usually posies - in front of their noses in an attempt to ward off the plague. Traditional 17th century London physicians wore long robes and a long beaked mask with posies stuffed inside.
The final verse, "Ashes, ashes, we all fall down," symbolizes death by the plague.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt's "one, two, three" in some pre-Goidelic language. INDEED it is NOT!
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Hickory Dickory Dock doesn't mean anything cheerful and happy, it means something miserable I think, but I'm not sure what it is. It has a meaning in the same sense as Ring Around the Rosy -- "Ring around the rosy," at the time the song was made, people had a plague where they developed rosy rings. "Pocket full of posies," they kept flowers in their pockets to keep away the stench of death. "Ashes, ashes, we all fall down." They're burned to ashes when they die, and falling down is saying that they 'fall' into ashes. Anyway, Hickory Dickory Dock has the same brutal meaning, but im not sure what it is.
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Rubbish to both of those..
Hickory Dickory Dock, is the Anglicisation of 8,9,10 in Cumbric ( North West England- the lake district) and devolved from the ancient Gaelic.. It was a language used by shepherds for their daily sheep count.
there are many versions of the language from different parts of the UK, but Hickory Dickory Dock is beleived to come from the Borrowdale dialect , hovera, dovera, dick (8,9,10)
1- Yan
2-Tyan
3-Tethera
4-Methera
5 -pimp
6-sethera
7-lethera
8-hovera
9- dovera
10-dick
here are some of the other dialects from the Lake district
Cumbria, Cumberland, and WestmorlandNumberConistonBorrowdaleEskdaleWestmorland1YanYanYaenaYan2TaenTyanTaenaTahn3TedderteTetheraTedderaTeddera4MedderteMetheraMedderaMeddera5PimpPimpPimpPimp6HaataSetheraHofaSettera7SlaataLetheraLofaLettera8LowraHoveraSeckeraHovera9DowraDoveraLeckeraDovera10DickDickDecDickWiki User
∙ 13y agoNo one, it's traditional.
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When was Hickory Dickory Dock created?
Mother Goose
What ran up the clock in History Dickory Dock?
Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck one The mouse ran down, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck two And down he flew, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck three And he did flee, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck four, He hit the floor, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck five, The mouse took a dive, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck six, That mouse, he split, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck seven, 8, 9, 10, 11, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, As twelve bells rang, The mousie sprang, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, "Why scamper?" asked the clock, "You scare me so I have to go! Hickory Dickory dock."
Could you repeat the poem of Hickory Dickory Dock?
Hickory Dickory Dock, The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one The mouse ran down. Hickory Dickory Dock Published about 1765
What is an adjective for hickory?
Hickory Dickory Dock! :P
Is hickory dickory dock a ballad?
No.
What nursery rhyme does the mouse run up the clock?
Hickory Dickory Dock Hickory Dickory Dock The mouse ran up the clockThe clock struck oneThe mouse ran downHickory Dickory Dock
Who writed the hickory dickory dock?
Firstly, no one ever WRITED anything. The author of Hickory Dickory Dock would likely be in a simple google search.
Who jumped the moon in hickory dickory dock?
The cow
What were the names of the mice in hickory dickory dock?
They did not have names.
What is hickory dickory dock notes for piano?
efgf
What are the release dates for Hickory Dickory Dock - 2012?
Hickory Dickory Dock - 2012 was released on: USA: 13 July 2012 (Asheville 48 Hour Film)
What are the ratings and certificates for Teletubbies - 1997 Hickory Dickory Dock 1-70?
Teletubbies - 1997 Hickory Dickory Dock 1-70 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G
