Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 06, 2007
December 05, 2007
December 07, 2007
Transcript:
"Wasn't 'ring around the rosie' supposed to be about the plague?" "That's a myth." "Diseases really don't make for great poetry." "Obviously, you've never heard 'beans, beans.'" "That's more like a condition."
clutzyninja over 11 years ago
It most certainly is NOT a myth. Ring around the rosie described the legions plague victims would get. They would be kind of black circles with the skin red and inflamed inside.Pockets full of posies was about the flowers people would carry around and breathe through when outside. SUpposedly the good smell would keep away the “miasma” that was making people sick.
toahero over 9 years ago
Not to mention the “ashes, ashes” part, which describes the burning of people who died from the plague.
Of course the “we all fall down” part doesn’t need any description.
Keep on keepin' on over 8 years ago
OK folks. I just deleted a post in which I closed by expressing disappointment in Frazz and Mr Mallett. Turns out, it’s ME I’m disappointed in! Went and did some quick research (AFTER I posted, silly me). Turns out, the current “expert opinion” is indeed that the “plague meaning” is an urban myth.=-OThis is for more than one, extremely interesting, reason. Any who read this, look it up! It’s an eye opener.:-)
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
This is another case of people using the term “myth” as a synonym for “falsehood”, as witness the common usage, “That’s just a myth.” Our myths are stories we use to tell ourselves who and what we are. Just because it didn’t take place in the nuts-and-bolts material world doesn’t mean it didn’t happen or that it isn’t true in some fashion.