The Traditional Children's Games of England Scotland
& Ireland In Dictionary Form - Volume 2

With Tunes(sheet music), Singing-rhymes(lyrics), Methods Of Playing with diagrams and illustrations.

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	io8                   RIGS—RING A RING O' ROSES
	Rigs A game of children in Aberdeenshire, said to be the same as Scotch and English, and also called Rockety Row.—Jamie-son's Dictionary. Ring See " Ring-taw." Ring a Ring o' Roses
	I. King a ring o roses, A pocket-full o' posies; One for me, and one for you, And one for little Moses— Hasher, Hasher, Hasher, all fall down. —Winterton, Lincoln, and Leadenham (Miss M. Peacock). II.     A ring, a ring o' roses, A pocket-full o' posies ; One for Jack, and one for Jim, and one for little Moses— A-tisha! a-tisha ! a-tisha ! —Shropshire (Burne's Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 511). III.     A ring, a ring o' roses, A pocket-full o' posies ; A curchey in, and a curchey out, And a curchey all together. —Egmond (Burne's Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 571).