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Re: Ring a ring of roses

Posted by Victoria S Dennis on November 03, 2009 at 20:09

In Reply to: Ring a ring of roses posted by Rachel Bowen on November 03, 2009 at 17:06:

: I was trying to add an orign for this phrase, misquoted as Ring around the Rosy,
: But even though I have a user name and a code, it doesn't seem to work

I think "ring around the rosy" is the standard modern US version. So not a misquotation, just a different tradition. (VSD)