<P> `` Ring a Ring o ' Roses '' or `` Ring Around the Rosie '' or `` Ring a Ring o ' Rosie '' is a nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game . It first appeared in print in 1881 , but it is reported that a version was already being sung to the current tune in the 1790s and similar rhymes are known from across Europe . It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7925 . Urban legend says the song originally described the plague , specifically the Great Plague of London , or the Black Death , but folklorists reject this idea . </P>
<P> `` Ring a Ring o ' Roses '' or `` Ring Around the Rosie '' or `` Ring a Ring o ' Rosie '' is a nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game . It first appeared in print in 1881 , but it is reported that a version was already being sung to the current tune in the 1790s and similar rhymes are known from across Europe . It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7925 . Urban legend says the song originally described the plague , specifically the Great Plague of London , or the Black Death , but folklorists reject this idea . </P>
where does the song ring around the rosie originate from
where does the song ring around the rosie originate from
Europe
Europe