RING A RING O’ ROSES


Meaning of RING A RING O’ ROSES in English

a traditional children’s song and game in which the players join hands and dance in a circle singing, then pretend to sneeze, and fall down on the last line. The words are:

Ring a ring o’ roses,

A pocket full of posies,

A-tishoo! A-tishoo!

We all fall down.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.