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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.
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.
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 rhyme was first noted in the United States in 1879 [3] as a children's rhyming game. It was sung while children danced in a circle. One of the number ran on the outside of the circle and dropped a handkerchief. The nearest child would then pick it up and chase the dropper. If caught, the dropper will joined the circle. [2]
Illustration of "Hey Diddle Diddle", a well-known nursery rhyme. A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. [1]
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.
T. Taffy was a Welshman; There Was a Crooked Man; There Was a Man in Our Town; There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill
The rhyme was first collected in Britain in the late 1940s. [2] Since teddy bears did not come into vogue until the twentieth century it is likely to be fairly recent in its current form, but Iona and Peter Opie suggest that it is probably a version of an older rhyme, "Round about there": [ 2 ]