The Twelve Apostles

[Guest]

[blackcat20]

I think the song pre-dates the collapse

[Morningangel-Iola]

Probably true. I wonder when London bridge did fall down, the London one that is. It used to have houses along it too 

[EmmasOneandOnly]

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down
London Bridge is Falling down my fair lafy

[Roz]

Lady

I thought it came from the year of the Great fire in London - was that 1666? I think so. But I could be making that up. I'm getting old - the mind starts playing tricks you know.

Do you think that was the year everyone became scared of 666?

[Morningangel-Iola]

Or was that the year 666 proved itself to be scary. I'm glad I'm not going to be around in 2666  I have a feeling ring a rose came from the plague time, well one of them. Did you know that only 8 people died in the great fire? Its amazing really when so much of London was lost. And it did manage to see of the back end of the current plague 

[grecopa]

Or was that the year 666 proved itself to be scary. I'm glad I'm not going to be around in 2666  I have a feeling ring a rose came from the plague time, well one of them.

Yep.
Ring around the rosey:  I think because people broke out in red spots with rings around them.

Pocket full of posey:  Because people thought that if you had something on you that smelled good you would'nt catch the plague.

Ashes,ashes:  Because they burned the bodies.

We all fall down:  Well, because they died.

A pretty grim childrens song if you remember the history behind it.

[Roz]

A pretty grim childrens song if you remember the history behind it.

They are all grim! I don't know what's travelled abroad, but others include a nice man Egg thing who falls off a wall and can never be mended.

And A baby in a cradle on top of a tree and the cradle falls in a gust of wind

[ferdinand_the_yak]

Poor Humpty Dumpty :'(

[grecopa]

Yeah, the baby in the tree song gives my the creeps, but my 2 year old likes the melody so I just hum it.   Back on topic, We have a place here in the US called arches national park.  I believe the arches and towers may have been eroded by the wind, or possibly a river that has LONG since gone.  It's in the middle of a desert.  It's really beautiful too.  But I would love to see those in Austrailia.  The towers look really close to the beach.  Can you walk out to them?  Not that I would want too for fear of getting buried!

[EmmasOneandOnly]

Dont forget about the Grand Canyon. That was creatad by one single river which can still be seen there inside the canyon today. I've been and I've got a map that toke me, my sister, and my dad to hold to see it all so that tells you how big it is. I dont know how far down it goes because theres signs posted everywhere that says "We Will No Be Responsible For Falling Accidents" so that kind of scared me. I asked the park ranger "do people fall often" but he just laughed and wlaked away so I tolke that as yes and stood about five paces from the railing