[Dixielandjazz] Ashes

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

Maybe so, but I heard this in a college history class almost 50 years ago.
I think they may be wrong.  So where do you think they came from?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Andy.Ling at Quantel.Com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Ashes


> Larry Walton (among others) said about Ring around the roses :-
>
> > Actually the poem is very old and dates to the middle ages.  The poem as
> to
> > do with the black death that killed a quarter of the population.
> >
>
> This is actually an urban legend. The true origins are not completely
> clear, but the black death is not involved. For a fuller explanation
> see :-
>
> http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.htm
>
> Andy Ling
>
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