1. THe black Plague
... by church officials. The disease had a horrid impact on children. The children suffered. The following was a common nursery rhyme at the time. Ring a-round the rosy Pocket full of posies Ashes, ashes! We all fall down! Ring around the rosy: rosary beads give you God's help. A pocket full of posies: used to stop odor of rotting bodies ... . Ashes, ashes: the church would burn the dead. We all fall down: dead. (Cartwright) Children were mentally scared, by being exposed to nudity, insanity, and lots of death. Parents would often leave ... ...
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