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Posies are flowers
"Pocket full of posies" is a line form a nursery rhyme.
Lepers (those who had contracted leprosy and perhaps other sick people) during the middle ages in parts of Europe were forced to have flowers visible on their person (outside their clothes) so that others could avoid them.
The children of those times would often taunt the lepers by dancing in a ring around the sick and pushing them to the ground ("All fall down") or throw themselves to the ground imitating writhing in painful death throes.
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How come every time you come around my London London bridge want to go down like?
Do you have a pocket full of posies
How did they keep the smell of death away from the plague?
During Black Death people used variety of methods. They used clothes mostly.
What is doing the ring around rosy rag?
ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down! its a rhyme about the "bubonic plague." the black death...
What is miasma?
Miasma- meaning 'bad air', An aparant Middle Age cause for the bubonic plague, Cures were to hold a 'pocket full of posies' Some people say that 'ring araund the rosies' is a song about the Plauge.
Is ring around the rosies really a death song?
yes ring around the Rosie is a death song if you listen to the song the part that says a pocket full of posies posies is a flower they put in your coffin so u still smell good and ashes ashes we all fall down means a burning house and every one in the house dies. It is also about the Black Plague One of the first signs was red rings surrounding a rosey bump. Hence "Ring around the rosey,". "Pocket full of posies," Some people may have carried around pockets full of posies because the stench was so bad. Some also thought that it could cure them. "Ashes, ashes" is due to the tremendous numbers of dead people, which bodies were burned. "We all fall down." Do you really need an explanation for that one?
Is pocket a common noun?
Yes, the noun pocket is a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for any pocket of any kind.A proper noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Pocket Road, Beacon, NY or Pocket Road, Sacramento, CAPocket of Posies (florist), Albert City, IAHot Pockets snacks"A Pocket Full of Rye" (a Miss Marple mystery) by Agatha Christie
Is pockets a common noun?
Yes, the noun pocket is a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for any pocket of any kind.A proper noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Pocket Road, Beacon, NY or Pocket Road, Sacramento, CAPocket of Posies (florist), Albert City, IAHot Pockets snacks"A Pocket Full of Rye" (a Miss Marple mystery) by Agatha Christie
What song originated because of the plague?
English version American version Ring around the roses A ring a ring of rosies A pocket full of posies A pocket full of posies A-tishyou [imitating the sound Ashes, ashes of a sneeze] All fall down All fall down THe first line refers to the rash appearing on the skin The second line refers to the small bouquet of flowers carried in the pocket supposedly to ward off noxious vapors The third line refers to the sneezing which would start as the disease developed The fourth line refers to death This is what I understand the nursery rhyme to mean.
Ring orown the rosies pocit folle poseys ashiashi you all foll dawn?
It seems like you are referencing the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie." It describes the symptoms and progression of the bubonic plague. "Ring around the rosie" refers to the rash that would appear on the skin, "pocket full of posies" refers to carrying flowers to mask the smell of death, and "ashes, ashes" symbolize the burning of bodies. It's a dark interpretation of a seemingly innocent children's rhyme.
What is the difference in pocketful or pocket full?
a pocket full is something full in your pocket pocketful is like a handful
Who sings the song in the pbs commercial A pocket full of wishes?
Its not pocket full of wishes its pocket full of sunshine.duhhhh!!!
When was The Posies created?
The Posies was created in 1986.
