No. The earliest recorded appearance of 'Ring a Ring of Roses' is from 1781, over 150y years before the start of the Holocaust.
It is widely believed that the rhyme is actually about the Bubonic Plague. However, as there is no evidence to support this claim, it is unlikely to be true.
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No. It has nothing to do with the Holocaust and probably has nothing to do with the plague of 1665-6 in England, either
The first recorded version of Ring A Ring Of Roses dates to 1881, when it appeared in Kate Greenaway's edition of Mother Goose:
Ring-a-ring-a-roses,
A pocket full of posies;
Hush! hush! hush! hush!
We're all tumbled down.
It was however, referred to twenty six years prior to that in Ann S Stephen's novel The Old Homestead, which describes children playing 'Ring Ring A Rosy' in New York.
In 1883 William Newell reported two versions in America, and claimed that one version was current in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1790:
Ring a ring a Rosie,
A bottle full of posie,
All the girls in our town
Ring for little Josie.
Also in 1883, versions were recorded in England which included the now familiar sneezing motif, for example:
A ring, a ring o' roses,
A pocket full o'posies-
Atch chew! atch chew!
In 1892 Alice Gomme listed twelve versions, including one like the version currently sung in Britain:
Ring a-ring o' roses,
A pocketful of posies.
a-tishoo!, a-tishoo!.
We all fall down.
After World War II, historians began to claim that there was a connection between the rhyme and the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665, or possibly even the outbreak of the 1300s. However, these claims are generally regarded to be incorrect because of the lateness of this explanation arising, the fact that the symptoms of plague do not actually match the words of the song, and that earlier and foreign language variations of the song do not match up to the theory.
There are however, many people who still subscribe to this theory, despite the fact that it is highly improbable that it's correct. For more, please use the link below.
"Ring around the rosie" originated because of the plauge.
The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosies" or alternately called "Ring a Ring o' Roses," is not about a specific year. It is purported to be about a disease called the plague, which was around for many years during the Middle Ages, but this explanation has been more recently thought to be mistaken.
Ring around the Rosie, A pocket full of Posies, Ashes Ashes we all fall down.Ring around the Rosie is a children's song sung with smiling, laughing and hand-holding, but did you know it actually has very morbid roots? In the 13th century, the Black Death (also called the Black Plague) killed so many people, many thought it was the end of the world. The nursery rhyme "Ring around the Rosie" came about during the time of the Black Death.Here are what the lyrics mean:Ring around the rosie is a reference to the black sores that would appear on your body as part of the plague. Your "rosie" is around the center of the back of your hand.A pocket full of posies is a reference to people would carrying posies (flowers) around to not smell the sickening scent of dead bodies everywhere.Ashes Ashes signifies the ashes from all the bodies being burned on pyres. Bodies couldn't be buried or else the infection would spread.We all fall down signifies death.
december 13 1990
During Black Death people used variety of methods. They used clothes mostly.