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 | "Ring Around the Rosie" was about the Black Death that swept England in the 14th century. |  |
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 | Somebody has been reading the internet |  |
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 | The ashes were supposed to represent the cremated bodies of those who died |  |
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 | Cremating the dead was absolutely forbidden in 14th century England |  |
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 | Really? So what caused the black death? |  |
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 | The Black Death originated in China and Central Asia and was transmitted to Europe in 1347 when a Eurasian army attacked a trading port in Crimea. |  |
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