ring around the rosie isn't about the plague? if it predated it "significantly" it's pretty durn old!
Some of these I learned in the schoolyard as clapping or other games, like "London Bridge is Falling Down"
I wonder if today's kids are still learning these, or if they have fallen by the wayside with other inconsequential lessons. Like reading.
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