It is correct to write mother of pearl (without the hyphens) as well as mother-of-pearl (with the hyphens). Either way you want to write it is correct but you may be surprised to learn that mother of pearl is not a pearl at all. Mother of pearl does have some similarities to pearls.
The âring around the rosieâ was the circle of townspeople tending the pyre of bodies being burned in an attempt to stop the spread of the disease, hence, âashes, ashesâ, and âwe all fall downâ attests to the futility of this practice. As I heard the storyâ¦.
The history of a nursery rhyme â Ring around the Rosie. by Jon Schladweiler, Historian of the Arizona Water Pollution Control Federation. One of the more fascinating parts of life is to realize that everything around us has a basis or a derivation, i.e., a history.