1. (often foll by: on, with, etc) the act of working with another or others on a joint project. 2. something created by working jointly with another or others. 3. the act of cooperating as a traitor, esp with an enemy occupying one's own country. colËlaboËrationist n.
Written Jun 6, 2013 Â· Upvoted by. The poem is actually derived from the Great Plague of London in 1665. Allegedly, a 'Ring around the rosie' was a reference to a rose-colored pustule on the skin that developed a ring around it and indicated that one had been infected.
The ring around the rosies is the red ringed rash that was the sure sign of having the plague. If you developed a rash it wasn't serious, unless a red ring appeared around the spot. A pocket full of posies is the flowers brought to a funeral. Or the fact that the smell of decaying bodies was so bad that people began carrying flowers in their pockets to try to ward off the smell. It's ashes ashes (not atishoo) which is because they tried to burn the bodies, rather than bury them.