this is what keeps me up at night (1 Viewer)

[zeetes]

i could make a new thread like this every night, and i would, but i am too lazy.

to start, who came up with ring around the rosie?

well, change that thought, the more pressing question is why? in fact, i have tried to research. the definitions vary, including the sources. i mean, seriously? it is a children's rhyme. probably some kind of sick scare tactic for youngsters, but still, i wanna know the meaning!

 

[soupcan dan]

Those childish verses would be a blessing compared to


"She might get out a nightstick
And hurt me real real bad
By the roadside in a ditch "


these are the words i've found myself pondering as i lay awake at night.

 

[baarbogast]

Ring around the rosie is from the black plague.

 

[brandon8283]

There are some theories about its origin. I think one of the most popular is that it was based on the great plague of the 20th century - but that’s probably not it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o'_Roses?wprov=sfti1

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

It’s about when Parker Posey proposed to Rosie O’Donnell

 

[Optimus Prime]

Wolf: Let me in

Little Pig: Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin

What does that mean?????

 

[Optimus Prime]

Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni

What the fork?!

 

[Zack Lee]

Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni

What the fork?!

I had looked this one up before. It was a type of wig.

These individuals’ often over the top attempts at trying to appear refined upon their return- speaking a mix of Latin and English and wearing foppish attire complete with massive “Macaroni” wigs and not one, but two pocket watches- were occasionally mocked for this. One of the nicknames they were given at this time was “macaronis.” The individuals were also considered to be part of the informal “Macaroni Club” and would refer to flamboyant fashion and the like as “very macaroni.”

In other words, when the particular lyrics “stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni” were added to the Yankee Doodle song, the author was essentially saying that colonists were such low class, moronic fools that they thought by sticking a simple feather in their hat, they were being extremely refined and fashionable.

Why Did Yankee Doodle Stick a Feather in His Cap and Call It Macaroni?

James H. asks: Curious question for you, but something I’ve always wondered about. Why did Yankee Doodle call the feather in his hat macaroni? While silly and irreverent, the song “Yankee Doodle” holds a rather patriotic place in many American hearts and is even the official state song of...

www.todayifoundout.com

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni

What the fork?!

T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair; But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah

 

[Eeyore]

T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair; But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah

This guy just rambles on

 

[Optimus Prime]

I had looked this one up before. It was a type of wig.

Why Did Yankee Doodle Stick a Feather in His Cap and Call It Macaroni?

James H. asks: Curious question for you, but something I’ve always wondered about. Why did Yankee Doodle call the feather in his hat macaroni? While silly and irreverent, the song “Yankee Doodle” holds a rather patriotic place in many American hearts and is even the official state song of...

www.todayifoundout.com

Thanks for posting

I find stuff like this interesting

there was a show years ago called America's Secret Slang that went over the origins of common sayings

Fascinating stuff, so many meanings just lost to time but the sayings continue on

 

[Zack Lee]

T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair; But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah

I have listened to Ramble On no less than a few thousand times and never heard that that was a LOTR reference.

 

[sonicboom]

It's supposedly about the Bubonic Plague that happened in 1665 in England.

The symptoms of Bubonic Plague had a Rosey red rash with a shape of a ring.

Well, this according to the video.

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To keep sleep aide companies in business.....

What exactly is a star?

Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are

 

[Madmarsha]

Nothing keeps me up at night.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Nothing keeps me up at night.

not even the USA Network?