Ring Around the Rosy

Ring Around the Rosy

This a version of “Ring Around the Rosy” I learned as a child :
Ring around the rosy,
A pocketful of posies.
ashes, ashes.
We all fall down!.
When our mother calls us,
We all jump up!

This song’s lyrics refer to the Bubonic Plague which raged through England in 1665. The “ring around the rosy” refers to one of the first skins symptoms of the disease. “A pocketful of posy” refers to the fact that caregivers who actually dared to take care of the sick would often fill their pockets with flowers to overcome the stench of the dead and dying. “Ashes…we all fall down” is reminiscent of going back to dust when we die.

Taken in my garden in Veneta, Oregon with a Canon PowerShot SX10 IS on 6/20 09, TV 1/630, AV F 5.72, ISO 125, and Focal length 100.00mm.

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