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   15andreimckinney@gmail.com to Leslie Sowell   
   Re: Ring around the rosey . . .   
   29 Jan 20 18:37:13   
   
   On Sunday, February 9, 1997 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Leslie Sowell wrote:   
   > I'm sorry if this question has been answered before but I do need to know:   
   > Does the children's nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosy" have anything to   
   > do with the Black Plague in medieval England, or the plague in later years   
   > for that matter?  And do the words go "ashes, ashes, we all fall down" or   
   > "achoo, achoo . . ." (as in sneeze)?   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
   > Leslie Sowell   
   > Serfs Up!   
   > serfergirl@hotmail.com   
      
   i M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RYHME SCHEME OF RING AROUND A ROSES   
      
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