It's said that "Ring around the Rosie" is from the Black Plague (not true, it originated centuries later) but there was a school rhyme from the 1918 pandemic: "I had a little bird, it's name was Enza . . . I opened up the window and in flew Enza."
Why do you sound so sure of that "NOT TRUE" statement concerning Ring around the Rosie. No one knows for sure, but there are lots of speculations on the subject. Let's hear yours!
Ring around the rosey: the red splotches caused by the fever,
pocket full of posies: it was thought that carrying flowers and holding them up to your nose would ward away the sickness. In Victorian times they were called nosegays or tussie mussies, and were more used for dating but did double function by keeping putrid smells from entering their nose.
Ashews ashews ( or achoos achoos ) the coughing and sneezing.
We all fall down: dying.
World War 1, the Mexican Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Easter Rising in Ireland . . . the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Spanish flu killed well over 20 million people world wide ...
Did you know medics, doctors and nurses used to prescribe narcotics as treatment?
Radium water, cough syrup made of alcohol, marijuana, and morphine, cocaine toothache drops for children, snake oil - medicine has changed quite a bit in the past 100 years or so, as has the way that ...
Discover school and class photos from past decades.
Every school picture is a celebration of the milestone of another year of learning, and captures snapshots of children and young adults as they mature over the years. Images of classrooms and institu...
I'm a Founder of AncientFaces and support the community answering questions & helping members make connections to the past (thus my official title of Founder & Content and Community Support ). For me, it's been a labor of love for over 20 years. I truly believe with all of my heart that everyone should be remembered for generations to come.
I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director My family began AncientFaces because we believe that unique photos and stories that show who people are/were should be shared with the world.