Ring Around the Rosie: Metafolklore, Rhyme and Reason
Posted by: Stephen Winick
This post looks at the origin of "Ring Around the Rosie" and its history. It asks whether there is any reason to believe the story that the rhyme is about the plague. And it introduces the idea of metafolklore, folklore about folklore.
Posted in: Folksong, Legends, Medieval Folklore, Metafolklore (Folklore about Folklore), Poetry