"all these little kids sing these nursery rhymes and they don't know what they originally meant. Everyone is so happy when singing 'Ring Around the Rosie' but it is about the Black Plague. " – Jonathan Davis


<sub>Ring around the rosies
Pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down

Nursery rhymes are said, verses in my head
Into my childhood they're spoonfed
Hidden violence revealed, darkness that seems real
Look at the pages that cause all this evil

One, two, buckle my shoe
Three, four, shut the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight

London bridges falling down, falling down, falling down
London bridges falling down, my fair lady

Nick nack patty wack, give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
. . . this old man came,
Mary had a little lamb who's fleece was white as snow!

Mary had a little lamb who's fleece was white as snow!
Baa baa black sheep have you any wool
Mary had a little lamb who's fleece was white as snow!
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full
Mary had a little lamb who's fleece was white as snow!
Baa baa black sheep have you any wool
Mary had a little lamb!
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full"-Korn</sub>



Many have associated the "Ring around the Rosie" with the Great Plague of London in 1665, or with earlier outbreaks of bubonic plague in England.

"One two buckle my shoe" referred to the special shoes one had to wear to pick up dead bodies, "pick up sticks and lay them straight" referred to the dead bodies one would carry to the mass graves.

The London Bridge falling down...Most likely, it relates to the many difficulties experienced in bridging the River Thames: London's earlier bridges did indeed "wash away" before a bridge built of "stone so strong" was constructed.

Not sure about the Black Sheep, but Ill call that little Lamb a bit of a whore..and let you know, this is the ryhme in Norwegian lol
_{Bæ, bæ, lille lam, har du noe ull?
Ja, ja, kjære barn, jeg har kroppen full.
Søndagsklær til far, og søndagsklær til mor
og to par strømper til bittelillebror.}


>_> This is the Jackson5 sincing This Old Man [link] lol


In recent science fiction, the rhyme has been used as an archetypal mantra against telepathy, featured in Babylon 5 and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Focusing on the rhyme helps shield one's thoughts from intrusion.





lol and my roomate Mel comments: "it's little bo peep in the hunter d universe."