ring-a-ring o' rosesn.

Brit.

/ˌrɪŋəˌrɪŋ ə ˈrəʊzᵻz/, U.S.

/ˌrɪŋəˌrɪŋ ə ˈroʊzəz/

Forms:

α. 1800s– ring a ring of roses, 1800s– ring a ring o' roses, 1800s– ring a ring o' rosies, 1800s– ring ring a rosy, 1900s– ring a ring a roses, 1900s– ring a ring a rosy, 1900s– ring-a-roses.

β. 1800s ring around the rosie, 1800s– ring around the roses, 1900s– ring around a rosy, 1900s– ring around roses, 1900s– ring around rosie, 1900s– ring around rosy, 1900s– ring around the rose, 1900s– ring around the rosies, 1900s– ring around the rosy.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, of prep., rose n.¹

Etymology: Reduplication of ring n.¹, with connective element -a-, + o', variant of of prep. + the plural of rose n.¹, as the first line of the rhyme sung in the game. The line shows many variants (as does the rest of the rhyme), and it is likely that the final word was originally rosy (perhaps showing either a formation < rose n.¹ + -y suffix⁶, or an alteration of rosier n.) rather than roses ; compare quot. 1855, and also the claim in W. W. Newell Games & Songs of Amer. Children (1883) 127 that the song was current in New Bedford, Massachusetts as early as 1790 with Ring a ring a rosie as the first line. Ring around the rosy remains the commoner form in U.S. use.The now widespread suggestion that the rhyme alludes to the Great Plague of London of 1665–6, or to any other outbreak of plague, is almost certainly without foundation. References to sneezing or falling down are absent from the earliest attested examples of the rhyme, and perhaps developed initially from references to curtsying. The suggestion of an allusion to the plague appears to be an after-the-fact rationalization of the rhyme, originating in the 20th cent. Compare also the foreign-language analogues listed in I. Opie & P. Opie Singing Game (1997) 220–7; these suggest that the game and the rhyme may ultimately reflect traditions associated with May celebrations. The first line of the song shows numerous further variants, such as (in England) A ring, a ring o' roses or (in the United States) Round the ring of roses. In Scotland Roon, roon, rosie, Ring a ring a rosie, or Ring a ring o' roses is also found as the beginning of a different song. It is uncertain whether there is any connection with the surname (of uncertain origin) Ringerose (13th cent.), Ringotherose, Ringros (14th cent.), Ringrose (16th cent.).

A singing game played by children, in which the players hold hands and dance in a circle, falling down at the end of the song. Also in extended use.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > singing game > specific

oranges and lemons1823

jingo-ring1841

mulberry bush1849

ring-a-ring o' roses1855

London bridge1894

1855 A. S. Stephens Old Homestead xxiii. 215 Then the little girls began to seek their own amusements. The played ‘hide and seek’, ‘ring, ring a rosy’, and a thousand wild and pretty games.

1881 K. Greenaway Mother Goose 48 Ring-a-ring-a-roses, A pocket full of posies.

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 11 I can be brief in mentioning the various games we played during childhood. I will mention..ring a ring o' roses.

1945 ‘C. S. Forester’ Commodore xxiii. 259 The Governor..tried to dance a sort of ring-a-ring-of-roses with the two Englishmen.

1957 J. Masters Far, Far the Mountain Peak i. 5 Why don't I suggest a game of ring-a-ring-a-roses, or kiss-in-the-ring?

1963 Times 30 May 4/2 England now were playing arrogant football and stroking the ball from man to man as though they were playing ring-a-ring-o'roses.

1972 G. Green Great Moments in Sport: Soccer ii. 38 While the opposition was being enticed into these closely woven webs of ring-a-roses, two..of the front runners would be streaking ahead into the unguarded places.

1974 Times 1 Apr. 1/8 Strong men blenched and broke into a sweat of embarrassment when made to dance ‘Ring-a-ring o' roses’ in public outside Guildhall.

1993 A. Stevenson in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 67 Toe by toe, hand in hand, Ring a ring a rosy , Watch them caper.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Sept. a23/5 The national media were filled with wild exaggerations and fabrications: stories of rivers dammed with corpses, of children who died while playing ring-around-the-rosy and who were found with their hands still clasped and with smiles still on their faces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ring-a-ring o roses
释义	ring-a-ring o' rosesn. Brit. /ˌrɪŋəˌrɪŋ ə ˈrəʊzᵻz/, U.S. /ˌrɪŋəˌrɪŋ ə ˈroʊzəz/ Forms: α. 1800s– ring a ring of roses, 1800s– ring a ring o' roses, 1800s– ring a ring o' rosies, 1800s– ring ring a rosy, 1900s– ring a ring a roses, 1900s– ring a ring a rosy, 1900s– ring-a-roses. β. 1800s ring around the rosie, 1800s– ring around the roses, 1900s– ring around a rosy, 1900s– ring around roses, 1900s– ring around rosie, 1900s– ring around rosy, 1900s– ring around the rose, 1900s– ring around the rosies, 1900s– ring around the rosy. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, of prep., rose n.¹ Etymology: Reduplication of ring n.¹, with connective element -a-, + o', variant of of prep. + the plural of rose n.¹, as the first line of the rhyme sung in the game. The line shows many variants (as does the rest of the rhyme), and it is likely that the final word was originally rosy (perhaps showing either a formation < rose n.¹ + -y suffix⁶, or an alteration of rosier n.) rather than roses ; compare quot. 1855, and also the claim in W. W. Newell Games & Songs of Amer. Children (1883) 127 that the song was current in New Bedford, Massachusetts as early as 1790 with Ring a ring a rosie as the first line. Ring around the rosy remains the commoner form in U.S. use.The now widespread suggestion that the rhyme alludes to the Great Plague of London of 1665–6, or to any other outbreak of plague, is almost certainly without foundation. References to sneezing or falling down are absent from the earliest attested examples of the rhyme, and perhaps developed initially from references to curtsying. The suggestion of an allusion to the plague appears to be an after-the-fact rationalization of the rhyme, originating in the 20th cent. Compare also the foreign-language analogues listed in I. Opie & P. Opie Singing Game (1997) 220–7; these suggest that the game and the rhyme may ultimately reflect traditions associated with May celebrations. The first line of the song shows numerous further variants, such as (in England) A ring, a ring o' roses or (in the United States) Round the ring of roses. In Scotland Roon, roon, rosie, Ring a ring a rosie, or Ring a ring o' roses is also found as the beginning of a different song. It is uncertain whether there is any connection with the surname (of uncertain origin) Ringerose (13th cent.), Ringotherose, Ringros (14th cent.), Ringrose (16th cent.). A singing game played by children, in which the players hold hands and dance in a circle, falling down at the end of the song. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > singing game > specific oranges and lemons1823 jingo-ring1841 mulberry bush1849 ring-a-ring o' roses1855 London bridge1894 1855 A. S. Stephens Old Homestead xxiii. 215 Then the little girls began to seek their own amusements. The played ‘hide and seek’, ‘ring, ring a rosy’, and a thousand wild and pretty games. 1881 K. Greenaway Mother Goose 48 Ring-a-ring-a-roses, A pocket full of posies. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 11 I can be brief in mentioning the various games we played during childhood. I will mention..ring a ring o' roses. 1945 ‘C. S. Forester’ Commodore xxiii. 259 The Governor..tried to dance a sort of ring-a-ring-of-roses with the two Englishmen. 1957 J. Masters Far, Far the Mountain Peak i. 5 Why don't I suggest a game of ring-a-ring-a-roses, or kiss-in-the-ring? 1963 Times 30 May 4/2 England now were playing arrogant football and stroking the ball from man to man as though they were playing ring-a-ring-o'roses. 1972 G. Green Great Moments in Sport: Soccer ii. 38 While the opposition was being enticed into these closely woven webs of ring-a-roses, two..of the front runners would be streaking ahead into the unguarded places. 1974 Times 1 Apr. 1/8 Strong men blenched and broke into a sweat of embarrassment when made to dance ‘Ring-a-ring o' roses’ in public outside Guildhall. 1993 A. Stevenson in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 67 Toe by toe, hand in hand, Ring a ring a rosy , Watch them caper. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 Sept. a23/5 The national media were filled with wild exaggerations and fabrications: stories of rivers dammed with corpses, of children who died while playing ring-around-the-rosy and who were found with their hands still clasped and with smiles still on their faces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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