1. (often foll by: on, with, etc) the act of working with another or others on a joint project. 2. something created by working jointly with another or others. 3. the act of cooperating as a traitor, esp with an enemy occupying one's own country. colËlaboËrationist n.
Written Jun 6, 2013 Â· Upvoted by. The poem is actually derived from the Great Plague of London in 1665. Allegedly, a 'Ring around the rosie' was a reference to a rose-colored pustule on the skin that developed a ring around it and indicated that one had been infected.
Ring around the Rosie, A pocket full of Posies, Ashes Ashes we all fall down. Ring around the Rosie is a children's song sung with smiling, laughing and hand-holding, but did you know it actually has very morbid roots? In the 13th century, the Black Death (also called the Black Plague) killed so many people, many thought it was the end of the world.