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."
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.