tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post479234379445464727..comments2024-02-22T15:59:54.435-08:00Comments on Herding Grasshoppers: Simple Woman #4Herding Grasshoppershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-27318746844336434012009-02-05T18:57:00.000-08:002009-02-05T18:57:00.000-08:00Our history curriculum refers to that song also. ...Our history curriculum refers to that song also. It <I>probably</I> refers to the bubonic plague.<BR/><BR/>Ring around the rosie<BR/> - the red rash<BR/>Pocket full of posies<BR/> - the flowers/herbs people carried around to hide the smell and (they hoped) ward off the disease<BR/>Ashes, ashes<BR/> - used to be a-tishoo, a-tishoo, like a sneeze<BR/>We all fall down<BR/> - and die.Herding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-81045641701608156682009-02-05T14:11:00.000-08:002009-02-05T14:11:00.000-08:00That's a great picture- Wyatt's quite the artist! ...That's a great picture- Wyatt's quite the artist! Bubonic plague ought to be interesting to study- I've heard that "Ring Around the Rosie" is about the plague, but I don't know if that is really true or not.<BR/><BR/>Yum to cinnamon rolls!leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004783118268323560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-45479991464724476652009-02-03T12:05:00.000-08:002009-02-03T12:05:00.000-08:00Thanks for sharing your Daybook! The running laps...Thanks for sharing your Daybook! The running laps thing made me laugh because I do something similar when my kids get too wiggly or when we've been cooped up for awhile. <BR/><BR/>Cheers from Nebraska! :)Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144780265730192629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-20552171625324849102009-02-03T03:47:00.000-08:002009-02-03T03:47:00.000-08:00I love Wyatt's picture!! I also love the smell of ...I love Wyatt's picture!! I also love the smell of cinnamon rolls!! That candle would be amazing!!!The dB familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170331499885879774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-42579410743801275082009-02-02T19:39:00.000-08:002009-02-02T19:39:00.000-08:00Thanks :0)The running laps, by the way, is not a p...Thanks :0)<BR/><BR/>The running laps, by the way, is <I>not</I> a punishment, but just to get the wiggles out!Herding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-51546298673792146692009-02-02T18:00:00.000-08:002009-02-02T18:00:00.000-08:00Love the trick of running laps of your age!! Will ...Love the trick of running laps of your age!! Will have to try that ;)Melishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505550101506400610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-72694208169135903702009-02-02T14:04:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:04:00.000-08:00I LOVE the picture!!!!I LOVE the picture!!!!Laura Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647042898235118427noreply@blogger.com