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"Ring a Ring o' Roses", also known as "Ring a Ring o' Rosie" or (in the United States) "Ring Around the Rosie", is a nursery rhyme, folk song, and playground game. Descriptions first appeared in the mid-19th century, though it is reported to date from decades earlier. Similar rhymes are known across Europe, with varying lyrics.
Ring-a-Ring o' Roses 'Ring Around the Rosie' United Kingdom 1881 [85] Origin unknown, there is no evidence linking it to the Great Plague or earlier outbreaks of bubonic plague in England. Roses Are Red: Great Britain 1784 [86] A rhyme similar to the modern standard version can be found in Gammer Gurton's Garland. Row, Row, Row Your Boat ...
The title is a mockery of American children's game Chutes and Ladders (also known in the United Kingdom as Snakes and Ladders), with the song's lyrics mostly consisting of nursery rhymes. It is the first Korn song to feature bagpipes. [8] The song uses the following nursery rhymes in its lyrics: [9] "Ring a Ring o' Roses" "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"
A singing game is an activity based on a particular verse or rhyme, usually associated with a set of actions and movements. As a collection, they have been studied by folklorists, ethnologists, and psychologists and are seen as important part of childhood culture. The same term is also used for a form of video game that involves singing.
"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Roud Folk Song Index 13188) is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late 19th century. [1] [2] The melody to which the nursery rhyme is sung recurs in other nursery rhymes including "It's Raining, It's Pouring"; "Rain Rain Go Away" and "Ring around the Rosie".
"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" – which can be spelled a number of ways – is a children's counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is chosen.
Rhyme Time Town is an American children's animated musical television series developed by DreamWorks Animation Television that reimagines classic nursery rhymes from the viewpoints of two preschoolers, Daisy the puppy and Cole the kitten.
This page needs merging with Ring-a-ring of roses, or visa-versa Agreed, but this version should be merged with "Ring-a-ring of Roses", as the rhyme is English, and "Ring around the Rosie" appears to be a North American alteration. Well it seems that the merge was made at some time, but without paying attention to the comments above.