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Greetings-- >Pardon the ignorance, but what IS Ring-a-ring-a-Rosy about? > >Tonstant Weader > >(Isobel) It seems to be a simple rhyme dance game, which dates (maybe) to the 1790's in a version quite unlike the modern one, and more likely to the late 1800's in a wide variety of forms, most of which you'd really have to stretch to get a Plague interpretation out of. There are nursery rhymes out there with political or "real world" meanings, but this one doesn't seem to be that kind. A good source for the complete story is the alt.folklore.urban website, which is www.urbanlegends.com. Susan Carroll-Clark %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%