"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "gloria.p" > wrote:
>
>> I don't know enough British history to remember, (my bad) but
>> didn't the rhyme refer to an actual king and a disagreement with
>> Parliament or some such?
>
> Those skip-rope songs were as horrifying as "Hansel and Gretel". Check
> out "Ring Around the Rosy" if you haven't. Shudder.
>
> leo

Ring around the Rosey...Pocket full of poseys....Poseys to ward off the
stench of death and rosey cheeks indicative of who had the Black Plague (or
Black Death).
-ginny