[tet68]

Ring around the Rosy is as meritorious as Chaucer?


"Ring around the rosey" is a childrens rhyme about the plague or Black Death.
As folk art I suppose it could be considered alongside Chaucer, although hardly as meritorious, it is after all
only a few lines.

[monkey]

childrens rhyme about the plague or Black Death

That's a myth, I believe (at least, I've not seen it substantiated).