Ashes, ashes, we all fall... *demonic voice* down... Mwuahahahahahahahaa...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well yeah, when you think about its historical origins in the black plague. it's associated with death and disease and ashes and dead bodies. pretty damn creepy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Its about the black plague. Of course its scary.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The black plague business is a myth. Makes for a good story, but it's a myth.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, it was real. It wiped out about a third of Europe's population.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Lol. I meant that Ring-Around-The-Rosie being about the plague was a myth, not that the plague itself was a myth.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ring around the Rosie is about the Bubonic Plague.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No it isn't. That's just a myth. The Bubonic Plague happened long before the song appeared. "Folklore scholars regard the theory as baseless for several reasons: 1. the late appearance of the explanation 2. the symptoms described do not fit especially well with the Great Plague 3. the great variety of forms makes it unlikely that the modern form is the most ancient one, and the words on which the interpretation are based are not found in many of the earliest records of the rhyme (see above) 4. European and 19th-century versions of the rhyme suggest that this "fall" was not a literal falling down, but a curtsy or other form of bending movement that was common in other dramatic singing games."@212304 (thegreatkappa):

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well if i wasn't thinking about it before NOW I AM! thanks alot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thanks for making sure I won't get to bed tonight!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i always image little freaky children singing that and like going in slow motion in a circle holding hands and it scares the crap out of me!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

this made me laugh xD

by Anonymous 13 years ago