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Ring-a-ring-a-rosie

Posted in Art, Chess, chess game 26, chess games, Great Fire of London, History, Louise Mansfield, nursery rhymes, plague, Ring-a-ring-a-rosie, Samuel Pepys, September 1666, tagged Art, black death, Chess, chess game 26, chess games, Great Fire of London, history of black death, History of London, history of the plague, Louise Mansfield, nursery rhymes, plague, Ring-a-ring-a-rosie, Samuel Pepys, September 1666 on 18/04/2008|

This is chess game 26! In this game I played black. This was really a tough game….one of those challenging games. If you play through the game you will see why. Luckily…as always… I had a Knight-to-the-rescue. I will even sacrifice a Rook just to have my Knight! Exactly like in real life… that’s why Knights are there! hehehe… look at move 80! Fork! and from there one…it was really easy. If you play through the game, you will see why my opponent named this game after this nursery rhyme! See if you can work out why I couldn’t really move away from that advanced Pawn of my opponent…He resigned this game at the end. Enjoy playing through it by clicking on the link.

arturo1113 vs. Nikita1

Ring a-ring o’ roses,
A pocketful of posies.
a-tishoo!, a-tishoo!.
We all fall down.

This nursery rhyme is about the black death…also called “The Plague”. The symptoms of the plague included a raised red rash on the skin (Ring a ring o’ rosies) and violent sneezing (Atishoo, Atishoo) A pouch of sweet smelling herbs or posies were carried due to the belief that the disease was transmitted by bad smells. The death rate was over 60% and the plage was only halted by the
Great Fire of London in September 1666 which killed the rats which carried the disease which had been transmitting it to water sources. Read about Samuel Pepys and his connection with the Fire of London. Read on this link about the black death which was also called “The Plague” and on THIS LINK to read more about Ring-a-ring-a-rosie.