Ecclesiastical ring the new pope. The pope's ring is not to be confused with the papal seal, which is what the pope uses to seal documents. The Fisherman's Ring is no longer used to seal anything. Except Pope Benedict XVI, who chose to wear his at all times, the ring had not been seen being publicly worn by a pope since the papacy of Pope Pius XII, who refrained from wearing it once his election ceremonies had been concluded. A collection of rings belonging to the popes of the past is exhibited in a glass case in a room within the papal
Ring a Ring o' Roses "Blackwell's Island"): 'Then the little girls began to seek their own amusements. They played "hide and seek," "ring, ring a rosy," and a thousand wild and pretty games'. Another early printing of the rhyme was in Kate Greenaway's 1881 edition of "Mother Goose; or, the Old Nursery Rhymes": <poem> Ring-a-ring-a-roses, A pocket full of posies; Hush! hush! hush! hush! We're all tumbled down.</poem> In 1882, Godey's Lady's Book has the following version: <poem> Ring around a rosy Pocket full of posies. One, two, three—squat!</poem> Before the last line, the children stop suddenly, then exclaim it together, "suiting the action to