Expert for the Day Post #2

I scrapped the William Shakespeare idea and decided to, instead, do a presentation on the origins of nursery rhymes that have roots in British history. The nursery rhyme that sparked my interest on this subject was "Ring Around the Rosy," which is about the Great Plague of London in 1665. I've found out in my research that "Ring around the rosy" is attributed to the red rash that is a symptom of the plague. Also that "A pocketful of posies" referred to the herbs and spices that people carried in their pockets that were thought protect them from the plague. Finally, the last two lines are attributed to the high death toll of the plague.