You haven't been following this thread very closely. Most of what CC considers trivia is just speculation and conjecture on his part; a figment of his imagination!
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The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey" is a rhyme about, what?
The Great London Fire of 1666.
Well, that being that is what you think, then I suspect you two will not be wasting any more of your time on this thread. Pick up your refunds on the way out.
Hesketh Racing. They competed in F1 from 1974-1978, and won two Formula One races, the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix and the non-championship International Trophy race in 1974. James Hunt won both.
Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star invisible to the naked eye, is the closest known star to the Earth, at a distance of about 4.2 light years. It is believed to be part of a triple star system, with Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri.
Who ended his radio broadcasts with the catchphrase "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are."?
I recall reading that it was about the plague. The hush-a, hush-a, we all fall down is really more like achoo, achoo, we all fall down. (??) I know that sneezing was one of the first signs of having the plague.... when someone sneezed during that period, people would say "May God bless you" which is where that tradition originated.
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The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey" is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (”Ring around the rosey…”), these sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores (”…a pocket full of posies…”), People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease (”…ashes, ashes, we all fall down!”)
Very good. Not only was your answer correct, you anticipated my next question.
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