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| Keywords: Flemish - Apes Dancing to Ring-around-a-Rosy - Walters W82193R - Detail A.jpg The song Ring-around-a-Rosy is still popular today often danced in a circle just as we see the monkeys doing here Yet this seemingly lighthearted song has a dark past The plague swept Europe during the 14th century and the song's words actually refer to its terrible symptoms a circular rose-colored rash sneezing or coughing and finally death Flower petals were worn in a pouch around the neck to keep the smell of death away The song then seems very different in this context Ring-a ring-o-rosies A pocket full of posies Achoo Achoo We all fall down ca 1315 25 Gothic parchment with ink and paint cm 16 11 accession number W 82 193R 81316 Henry Walters Baltimore after 1894 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters after 1894 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Checkmate Medieval People at Play The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Ghent Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Dancing animals in art Ring a Ring o' Roses in art Medieval miniatures of monkeys Walters MS W82 - Psalter-Hours Monkeys acting as humans in art | ||||
