<P> A ring, a ring o' roses, A pocket full o' posies - Atishoo atishoo we all fall down . </P> <P> In 1892, folklorist Alice Gomme could give twelve versions . </P> <P> A German rhyme first printed in 1796 closely resembles "Ring a ring o'roses" in its first stanza and accompanies the same actions (with sitting rather than falling as the concluding action): </P> <P> Ringel ringel reihen, Wir sind der Kinder dreien, sitzen unter'm Hollerbusch Und machen alle Husch husch husch! </P>

Ring a ring a roses and the black death