Is Ring a Ring O’ Roses Actually About the Plague?

Is this children's rhyme actually about a particular dark part of human history?

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History & Culture Is Ring a Ring O' Roses Actually About the Plague? There is a popular myth that the British children's rhyme "Ring a Ring a Roses" is all about the plague—either the Great Plague of 1665-6 or the Black Death centuries earlier. READ NOW READ THESE 10 of the World's Scariest-Looking Animals When Were Interracial Marriages Legalized in the United States? Dolphins Can't Breathe Underwater, So How Do They Sleep? You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Today I Learned newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here A Dotdash Brand 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10005 © 2021 Dotdash - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.