Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for February 25, 2016
Transcript:
Man: You know the kid's song "ring around the rosie"? Woman: Yes. Man: Well, did you know it's about the black plague? People got boils and held flowers up to their noses to mask the smell of death. Woman: Wow. For a first date, you bring you conversational "A" game.
“ring around the rosie” the ring around red boils that appeared around on the skin. “pocket full of posies” as mentioned, used to avoid the smell. “Ashes, ashes” they burned the bodies. “All fall down” most everybody in a given area died.