The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for June 24, 2015

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    Plods with ...™  over 9 years ago

    Perspective.

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    erin.adamic Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Really?? That’s fascinating. Thanks for the background!

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    Helen Ferrieux  over 9 years ago

    “Ring-a-ring-a-roses” refers to the bubonic plague in London. First round marks would appear on the skin; people carried bunches offlowers and herbs to protect themselves from the disease (& the small!) “Attishoo, attishoo” – they became really ill..We all fall down, i.e. they dropped dead. “Jack and Jill” refers to the unfortunate Jacobean James II who “lost his crown” at the Battle of the Boyne. As for “The Grand Old Duke of York” who achieved strictly nothing..well he marched his men up and down the hill, didn’t he?

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