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, [refers to the rosie-red (or purple-ish) round rash marks on the skin âone of the first signs a person had the plague] A pocket full of posies; [one of the superstitious ways used by people in the Middle Ages to try and fend off the plague was to stuff their pockets with posies (flowers)]