Little Skittle said:
illuminattile-
ring around the rosie/ black plague
hair grows back thicker
gum takes 7 years to pass through the digestive system
ring around the rosie/ black plague
hair grows back thicker
gum takes 7 years to pass through the digestive system
It was first published 500 years after the Black Plague, so it's a big stretch to assume that people were singing it for five centuries without writing it down. It's an even bigger stretch to assume that it took 600 years for someone to theorise that it was actually about the Black Plague.
http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.htm
Hair grows back thicker:
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hairgrow.asp
Gum takes 7 years to pass through the digestive system:
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/chewgum.asp
Most of the ones I posted you can find on Snopes, among other places.