[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Yes! Macabre;

The rash. People used flowers (Poseyes) to cleanse the air. Ashes would be something like burning pits for belongings or for bodies.

[meadsjn]

Ashes would be something like burning pits for belongings or for bodies.

Aschoos! Aschoos! We all fall down. (sneezes)

I've seen that explanation.