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That Time Europeans Went Nuts For Dancing

Ridiculous History

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The Ring Around the Rosie - A Plague Song?

Is it Ring Around the Rosie a Plague song too that describes a kind of uncontrollable dance that was being done? Ben, you mentioned the hooky-pokey. It's really dark when you realize what that nursery rhyme is about. Pocketful of Posey being a purported cure or a way to ward off the plague and then they all fall down. BKA die. Right. And they're not talking about eating ashes for nutrition, which is, oh wait, this is coming out before our Food Pyramid episode maybe. We'll see.

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