Ring of the Fisherman cardinal. Ring of the Fisherman The Ring of the Fisherman (Latin: "Annulus Piscatoris"; Italian: "Anello Piscatorio"), also known as the Piscatory Ring, is an official part of the regalia worn by the Pope, who is head of the Catholic Church and successor of Saint Peter who was a fisherman by trade. It used to feature a bas-relief of Peter fishing from a boat, a symbolism derived from the tradition that the apostles were "fishers of men" (Mark 1:17). The Fisherman's Ring is a signet used until 1842 to seal official documents signed by the Pope. A letter written by Pope
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