What does the song ring around the roasie pocket full of posies ashes ashes we all fall down mean nursury rhyme?

Answer 1

This is a good question. As far as people know this ditty was made up way back when the Bubonic Plague was out in early America. It was believed that the posie plant could help cure this plague. The plague would kill so many people in an area that the only way to help stop it was to burn every thing the infected people touched or used. So... the ring signifies the amount of people it affected, the posie a hope of a cure, ashes for the way people sterilized the things the infected touched(including the dead infected bodies) and the grim reality of death from the plague in "we all fall down". Yeah... pretty grewsom nursery rhyme huh?

Answer 2

The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" is believed to originate from the time of the Great Plague in the 17th century. The lyrics describe symptoms of the disease and the ritual of carrying posies to mask the smell of death. The final verse, "ashes, ashes, we all fall down," is thought to symbolize the inevitability of death.