2006-08-22 09:07:10 · 9 answers · asked by tmurlatt 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
They say that it started in the Middle Ages when the Plague was rampant.
The 'ring around the rosy' referred to the marks that showed up on people's bodies, and the 'pocket full of posies' means the nosegays people would hold up to their noses to block out the stench of the dead. As we all know, the next line is 'Ashes, ashes, we all fall down', meaning that so many died, it seemed as if everyone would 'fall down dead'
2006-08-22 09:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
Posey Definition
2016-12-16 19:51:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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meaning to "ring around the rosey pocket full of posey"?
2015-08-07 05:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ring around the rosey--red ring around a boil--sign you have the black death
Pocket full of posey--having a pocket full of flowers/herbs was thought to ward off the plaque
2006-08-22 09:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by lanierjuliet 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pocketful Of Posies
2016-10-05 04:09:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was from the poem, Ring a ring of roses, the shape of the rash referring to the bubonic plague, the pocket full of posey, was a reference to the small bunch of flowers that was carried to disguise the smell of the disease.
2006-08-22 09:17:27 · answer #6 · answered by A G 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
well some one told me that a Rosey was a cuntracson that burned pepole to a crisp so that explans "ring around the rosey" and "Ashes, Ashes" and I beleve that we all fall down is that they fell in to the rosey so that explans "We all fall down" Thats all I have to say :P
2014-05-30 11:39:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pocket full of poseys is that during the plague people used to carry around flowers in their pockets because they thought that the plague was cause by bad air and the scent of the floers would keep it away. ashes ashes, means that once comeone got the plague that they would burn stuff to try to get the people warm. we all fall doen is a referce to death of the plague.
2006-08-22 10:12:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's just a nursery rhyme/game song. People have spread rumours so long that it was created in regards to the black plague that many actually believe it. An urban legends site has debunked the rumour (linked below in source).
2006-08-22 09:28:49 · answer #9 · answered by ChiChi 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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Superstitious medieval villagers would carry posies in their pockets during outbreaks of the plague, believing that it warded away the disease.
2016-03-26 22:02:23 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋