page_title: Ring a Ring o' Roses
section_title: Meaning
hierarchical_section_title: Ring a Ring o' Roses / Meaning
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of "Ring O' Roses" from Anon, Ring O' Roses (1922)
context_page_description: "Ring a Ring o' Roses" or "Ring a Ring o' Rosie" is an English nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game. It first appeared in print in 1881, but it is reported that a version was already being sung to the current tune in the 1790s and similar rhymes are known from across Europe. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7925.
context_section_description: The origins and meanings of the game have long been unknown and subject to speculation. Folklore scholars, however, regard the Great Plague explanation that has been the most common since the mid-20th century as baseless.
caption: Illustration by L. Leslie Brooke (1862–1940) for "All Tumble Down" from Anon, Ring O' Roses (1922)
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