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To: areafiftyone
Ring around the rosey
pocket full of poseys
Ashes Ashes we all fall down

Courtesy of the last Bubonic Plague

14 posted on 11/06/2002 5:28:46 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
Courtesy of the last Bubonic Plague

I was wondering if someone would post this. Great historical recollection!

27 posted on 11/06/2002 6:41:16 PM PST by Aracelis
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To: RnMomof7
Ashes Ashes we all fall down

Should be

Ashen Ashen we all fall down...

as in, ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"-

However, it's a common mistake, a ring around the rosey cheeks was one of the first symptoms and the pocket full of poseys were an attempted herbal cure and hoped to ward off the worse....

Why do I feel like cliff claven now?

37 posted on 11/06/2002 7:51:35 PM PST by CJ Wolf
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To: RnMomof7
Ashes Ashes we all fall down

Should be

Ashen Ashen we all fall down...

as in, ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"-

However, it's a common mistake, a ring around the rosey cheeks was one of the first symptoms and the pocket full of poseys were an attempted herbal cure and hoped to ward off the worse....

Why do I feel like cliff claven now?

38 posted on 11/06/2002 7:51:49 PM PST by CJ Wolf
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