Such as "Ring Around The Rosy", "Rockabye Baby" etc...  I think "Ring Aroung The Rosy" has something to do with the plague, but not sure.  I don't care about the cute ones, I'm curious about the wierd ones.
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Ring a Ring of Rosies\nThese are the bruise type marks that come on the skin particularly where you have glands(neck, armpits groin)\nA Pocket Full Of Posies\nIt was believed that sweet smelling flowers would keep the plague at bay\nAtishoo Atishoo\nSneezing was part of the cold like symptoms \nWe All Fall Down\nThen you die from plague
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"The bubonic variant (the most common) derives its name from the swellings or buboes that appeared on a victim's neck, armpits or groin. These tumors could range in size from that of an egg to that of an apple."  More at http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm
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OK on ships it meant don't come to close we have the plague. later the pirates took it on to keep people away from the ship while in port. no one wants to go near a ship that has plague. as for goth and rock it just looks cool
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That is good of you to share this information with us.  I Really had to try hard to find all six it was only when you continued with the bit about the word 'of' that I found another two but still missed the last one.  However I am old, so that may have something to do with it.\n\nIt kept me amused for a while so 10/10.  I demand more of this sort of thing;)\n\nI am going to try it with my listeners next time I do a show
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You didn't specify from which era, so.......\n\nThou bootless plume-plucked scut!\nThou reeky spur-galled coxcomb!\nThou loggerheaded sour-faced harpy!\nThou infectious bunched-backed clotpole!\nThou yeasty sheep-biting bugbear!\nThou puking white-livered scut!\nThou lumpish bunched-backed gull-catcher!\nThou ruttish tardy-gaited skainsmate!\nThou unmuzzled swag-bellied canker-blossom!\nThou vacant beetle-headed snipe!
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No, a lot of times they are just regular words that become associated with bad things, or become slang for bad things. you know, one person says something, then everybody around you is saying it, like a domino effect.\n\nthe infamous S word was acctually an acronym. cow dung and fertilizer was shipped via the cargo hold of a ship, but they could not risk it to get wet, so it could not be on a low level. the poo boxes were marked with Ship High In Transit.\n\ncold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey IS Not acctally a lewd comment. the brass monkey was the thing that cannon balls sat in, and when it froze, it contracted, causing all the balls to fall off.\n\nthe middle finger began in the revolutionary war- when a french archer was caught, (it might be the other way around) the brits would chop off his middle finger. when the brits started to lose, the french would ride by and gloat, by showing off their intact middle finger.  \n\nfun, huh? I don't remember anymore, but basically it is a word evolution. its just made up and gains meaning.\nnobody knew what n00b meant ten years ago...
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Phew, almost done with the Sanitizer marathon.  Well, just take a polka song that you really like, invert some of the words so it makes no sense and insert a bunch of swear words and "yo mamma" every now and then and well... there you have it.  :)
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It's an old German custom ... made popular by a former President's wife ...\n\n... You should look into the origins of "Rudolph" ... a complete marketing ploy ... \n\nGood question though.  It is interesting and I'm adding this to my watch list too.   ;-)\n\nSidebar:  If a Christian and a Jew marry, do they have a Christmas tree with the Star of David on top ?  ;-P
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Its called....ACHOO SYNDROM...sounds funny but true...type it in a search bar..you will see
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Walk the floor with a teething baby for three hours and the kid is lucky if that's all your singing. But look at all the nursery rhymes and you will find that they are, for the most part, political statements of the day. Little Jack Horner was an embezzler. Mary, Mary, quite contrary was Mary Queen of Scots who butchered anyone she even thought might betray her. London Bridge is falling down was actually about London Bridge crumbling because of lack of repair and misuse of funds. Ring around the rosy is about the plague and herbs people used to carry in hopes of warding off the disease. Do a web search on nursery rhymes and you'll learn lots of good stuff.
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As a child in the 50s, you possibly saw 'Punch & Judy', which is also based on pagan characters which have been adapted. Hobby Horses, the Harvest Festival, Halloween (as already mentioned) and many other festival activities are linked to original pagan worship. The church adopted these to teach their message through the old ways.
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They are sort of a play on words, combined with a humorous attempt at replacing a swearword or blasphemy with something harmless.\n\nWhen you start to say "Oh my God!" you catch yourself at the 'g' and change it to "oh my Giddy aunt!"\n\nWith "God!" again you stop at the 'g' but change it to "Gordon Bennett!"\n\nAnd of course you might be about to say "F**king heck!" (or something similar,) when you sense your Grandmother breathing down your neck, so you catch yourself at the 'f' and say "Flipping Nora!"
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I'm not sure.  What are the other words in the song?\nThe rabbit died used to refer to a woman being pregnant a long time ago--but I haven't heard that one!\n\nOkay, so that is what it's referring to.  Here's a link that tells about 'the rabbit died' phrase.
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RI-tids or RI-tides\n\ndeals with wrinkles
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Nursery Rhymes are poems.\n\nHickory Dickory Dock ( reason - clock struck one mouse ran down)\nGrand Old duke of York ( well what would you do with 10,000 men - invade Iraq?)\nWee Willie Winkie ( insomnia)\nJack and Jill ( water gathering)\nOld King Cole ( merry because of the music)\nThis Little Piggy ( contributing to the economy by going to market)\nLittle Boy Blue ( Farming associate)\nGeorgie Porgie ( paedophile?)
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I've always been fond of the Plague, caused by Yersinia pestis, you have bubonic, pneumonic, and systemic.  Great history!
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Hehe, those are pretty good\n\nCurrently my message machine says, "Roses are red, and boogers are green. Please leave your message on this stupid machine!"\n\nI love stupid recordings like those!