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Thread #111431 Message #2346814
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
22-May-08 - 09:02 AM
Thread Name: Mention of Death in Children's Rhymes
Subject: RE: Mention of Death in Children's Rhymes
And if we really do wish to believe that Ring-a-Roses is a reportage on the symptoms of the Black Death... which in all probability it isn't, but the phenomenon of the belief is an interesting piece of folk-lore in itself.