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Ring A-Ring o’ Roses

and The Great Plague

In England, many children enjoy

playing the game of Ring a-ring o' roses. They stand in a circle and then skip

around, singing the song until the last line, when they all fall down. Where

does this song come from? Many people believe that the song is about the Great

Plague of London, in 1665, when about 100,000 people died from a mysterious

disease. The roses refer to the rosy rash which was the first sign that someone

had the disease.

The first recorded case of the plague was

on April 12, 1665, but by July of that year it had spread through London. By September,

7,000 people were dying every week and many chose to leave London. A small number of doctors stayed to fight

the plague, but nobody knew that rats were carrying the disease around the

city's dirty streets.

The plague continued in London until September, 1666, when the Great

Fire of London burned down many of the streets where the rats lived. Afterwards,

Sir Christopher Wren designed streets for London

and the plague didn't return. London

survived both disasters and today only the words of the children's song remind

us of the deadly disease.

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