[tet68]

Ring around the rosey,
a pocket full of poseys.
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.


See picture of buboe above,
a nose gay of flowers to cover the smell of death,
Burning bodies, all die.

childrens nursery rhymes, have such stark beginnings.

[ladylib]

I've read the saying "God bless you" is for the victims of Bubonic plague because apparently they are in a fit of sneezing right before they die.