OMG, what a wonderful thread! i LOVE this stuff! oh, i hope this goes far!

"ring around the posey" was actually a song written about death during a plague and children today sing it as a joyful play song. "ring around the rosey" the distinctive mark for this plague, "pocket full of posey" was a tradition done going to the burials. "ashews, ashews" the massive sneezing and URI syptoms going with it. "we all fall down".

i was astonished when i heard that.

kd