The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.

by Alice Bertha Gomme

—Penzance, Cornwall (Mrs. Mabbott).

VI.

Ring, a ring a roses,
A pocketful of posies;
Hush, oh! hush, oh!
All fall down!

—Colchester, Essex (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! hush! last down dead!

—Gainford, Durham (Miss A. Eddleston).