Ashes to ashes

Rev. Alex Hoffmeyer
11 hours ago
2 min read

“Ring around the rosie, a pocket full of posies! Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down!” This nursery rhyme originated during the Bubonic Plague. The “rosie” described the rash many would get, while “posies” were the flowers people would carry to prevent sickness. And ashes and falling down points to the many, many deaths.

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Ashes to ashes

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