Volume Ii Part 22 (2/2)
-Wakefield, Yorks. (Miss Fowler).
V. Ring, a ring of roses, Basket full of posies- Tisha! Tisha! all fall down.
-Penzance, Cornwall (Mrs. Mabbott).
VI. Ring, a ring a roses, A pocketful of posies; Hush, oh! hush, oh!
All fall down!
-Colchester, Ess.e.x (Miss G. M. Frances).
VII. Ring, a ring a rosy, A pocket full of posies; One for you, and one for me, And one for little Moses- Atishm! Atishm!
-Beddgelert (Mrs. Williams).
VIII. A ring, a ring of roses, A pocket full of posies- Hist! hus.h.!.+ last down dead!
-Gainford, Durham (Miss A. Eddleston).
IX. Ring, a ring a row-o, See the children go-o, Sit below the goose-berry bush; Hark! they all cry Hus.h.!.+ hus.h.!.+ hus.h.!.+
Sitty down, sit down.
Duzzy, duzzy gander, Sugar, milk, and candy; Hatch-u, hatch-u, all fall down together.
-South s.h.i.+elds (Miss Blair, aged 9).
X. Ringey, ringey rosies, A pocketful of posies- Hach-ho, hach-ho, all fall down.
Another version-
Hash-ho! Tzhu-ho! all fall down.
-Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).
XI. Windy, windy weather, Cold and frosty weather, When the wind blows We all blow together.
I saw Peter!
When did you meet him?
Merrily, cherrily [so p.r.o.nounced]
All fall down.
A ring, a ring of roses, A pocketful of posies- Ashem, ashem, all fall down.
-Sheffield (S. O. Addy).
(_b_) A ring is formed by the children joining hands. They all dance round, singing the lines. At the word ”Hasher” or ”Atcha” they all raise their hands [still clasped] up and down, and at ”all fall down” they sit suddenly down on the ground. In Lancas.h.i.+re (Morton) they pause and curtsey deeply. The imitation of sneezing is common to all. Miss Peac.o.c.k says, in Nottinghams.h.i.+re they say ”Hashem! Hashem!” and shake their heads. In the Sheffield version the children sing the first eight lines going round, and all fall down when the eighth is sang. They then form a ring by holding hands, and move round singing the next three lines, and then they all fall either on their knees or flat on their faces.
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