Mudcat Café message #2798278

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Thread #49672 Message #2798278
Posted By: MGM·Lion
29-Dec-09 - 06:12 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Ring around the Rosy / Rosey
Subject: RE: Origins: Ring around the Rosy / Rosey

Peter Opie, whom, along with Iona, I interviewed for Folk Review in the 1970s, described the 'plague' interpretation to me as "one of those pieces of folklore about folklore".