Thursday, October 29, 2020

WE ALL FALL DOWN

  Ring around the rosie 

A pocket full of posie

Husha husha 

We all fall down

    I played this little ditty with my own kids and many others. The boys loved it and were very creative in making a fall, rolling around on the floor and having great fun. 

     Well, I fell yesterday and I wasn't playing ring around the rosie. And it wasn't fun.

     My fall was inelegant and totally uncontrolled. I did a real face plant. I more or less fell like a tree . I did not bend. My face  hit the floor first (face plant) . My glasses went flying and I grazed my check. Other than that I'm fine.

     Yes the micro manager found my glasses . I forgot I was wearing glasses. The Micro Manager didn't show up for a while. She thought I'd dropped my weights. When she came by I was sitting on the tub with a cold face cloth on my eye and cheek. Then she wondered what happened.

    Now before you get going, my place is pretty safe as far as preventing senior falls is concerned. I realize falls are very hazardous to seniors. That's why I quit cycling, skating and cross country skiing last year. I always said even if I fell on the floor I would hurt myself let alone flying off my bike.

   Why are seniors so vulnerable? I always say that my head is on the ground before my brain knows that I'm falling. Add to that a whole lot of other senior disabilities.

    So I was fortunate and had no injury. I think I sort of got light headed for a few seconds , tripped over my feet and fell. 

    Now in looking up the ring around the rosie rhyme I learned something. The nursery rhyme refers to the great plague. Apparently there was a very prominent ring around the eyes when people had the disease. Fall down refers to people as they die. 

48 comments:

  1. ARGHHHHH! Sorry to hear that. I'm afraid that our feet and everything else conspire against us as we get older. C'est la vie.

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    1. Sounds like you've had some experience!

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  2. Oh dear. Glad you are ok though.

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    1. I'm fine but was luck that I used the hallway instead of an area with furniture.

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  3. Hello,

    I am glad your fall was not more serious, even though I sure your face hurts. As a senior myself, falling worries me I would probably break a bone. I wish you a speedy recovery. Take care, enjoy your weekend!

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    1. Even the face was okay. I'm lucky I was in the hallway with nothing to fall against.

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  4. I'm glad you're okay! Falls like that are scary and can lead to major injuries. I never knew that the nursery rhyme referred to the great plague. That is interesting. You learn something new every day.

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    1. Thanks. It's just too easy to fall when you're a senior.

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  5. Being careful, but we are all getting older and not so flexible anymore. Take care..

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    1. You've got it right. We are stiff and don't move fast enough.

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  6. OMG. I new various nursery rhymes had an interesting history, but did not know that one! I took a very nasty fall years ago in Puerto Rico, but it was failing to see a step. I have loose rugs here and should think of removing them or once again buying new sticky stuff to keep them down.

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    1. Yes, some homes have some risky stuff.

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  7. Good grief. It sounds like such a painful fall but you came through almost unscathed. Glad you’re okay, Red.

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    1. It was not painful but certainly could have been worse.

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  8. Glad to hear you are okay after that fall. We said that little rhyme when I was a kid, too, except we said "ashes, ashes" instead of "husha."

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    1. There are many versions of that line.

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  9. Sorry to hear that you fell, Red. Hopefully you will feel better soon. Take care! Stay safe!

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  10. Yikes! That sounds like quite a face plant. Glad you are okay, Red.
    Interesting backstory on the nursery rhyme. I had no idea. Here in the US we sing "Ashes Ashes" instead of "Husha Husha."

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    1. There are many variations to that line.

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  11. Yikes! Sorry to hear about your fall. I hope you're doing OK now.

    It's interesting that you sang "husha, husha." We always sang "ashes, ashes," which is supposed to have something to do with the plague as well (supposedly). Cremating bodies, maybe?

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    1. That line has many different versions. To really have fun with this have the kids take turns to make up their version and they can sing it..

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  12. Oh no! I am glad that you were not badly injured. My understanding of the ditty is that the 'ring around the rosie, a pocket full of posies' refers to the belief that certain herbs and flowers protected people from getting the plague. If you google 'plague doctor' you'll see that they stuffed the 'beak' of the strange masks they wore with herbs and flowers, to prevent them from catching the disease. Steve is right...'ashes, ashes' refers to the giant pyres (people died so quickly that there was no time to bury them). All fall down...people dying.

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    1. I didn't do much research on this but I see you've found a great deal of material about it.

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    1. The surprise hitting the floor was the scariest.

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  14. Oh my goodness! I'm sorry to hear that you fell! Thank goodness you are okay. I bet you are sore and have some bruises as well. Feel better soon!

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    1. Surprisingly , I only had a few small bruises. The surprise at hitting the floor was the worst part.

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  15. I recently realized why seniors should not have scatter rugs on the floor when I kept kicking up the edge of one in the bathroom and nearly tripped. It's because as we get older we don't lift our feet as high anymore. We shuffle a bit. I removed the rug.
    I think about that time of plague often now, as so many people do not take Covid seriously, and I want to shout, "Look, we are in a plague!"

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    1. We think we have many therapies that will protect us and on this one we continue to believe that we will be protected.

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  16. Glad you're basically okay. I tripped on a railroad tie on the golf course about three months ago. Ice and Tylenol help the pain. But it takes a long time for those bruises to go away. Get well soon!

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    1. I got a cold cloth on my eye and forehead right away. We feel kind of goofy when we take a fall.

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  17. I'm sorry to hear of your fall, Red. Those sudden tilts happen so fast, don't they? Hope you don't have too much of a war injury (scrape or bruise)!

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    1. I have very few bruises but you are so right that the falls happen very quickly.

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  18. Sorry to hear about your accident, hope you are doing better now.

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    1. By the next day things were back to near normal

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  19. Falling is never fun as you get older. No bones broken which is a very good thing. Bruises and scrapes will eventually heal and no doubt you will be alert and aware when walking.
    Alphie

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    1. Some of these falls cause people to lose confidence .

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  20. They didn't teach us the rhyme's meaning in kindergarten. Sorry you went down.

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    1. The kindergarten teacher probably didn't know the background and why would you take the fun away from little kids.

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  21. Glad you are okay...I didn't know that about ring around the rosie:) So glad your falling down wasn't dying:)

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  22. I never knew that about the interpretation of the nursery rhyme. It's one I and played a lot as a child. I'm glad your fall did not injure you so badly. As we age our balance deteriorates and leads to falls. It's recommended to do balance exercises but I haven't kept up with mine.

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  23. I see you mention the loss of confidence and it's a big deal because you start to move less and lose strength and it becomes a cycle.
    I hate it when people offer obvious advice to perfectly intelligent adults so forgive me for saying this but should you be investigating why the lightheaded episode?

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  24. Well, as far as I’m concerned and as Yogi Berra once said, it’s deja vu all over again. I’m so sorry that you fell but glad that you were’nt seriously hurt. My own recent fall, which I blogged about on October 15th in my post “Yes, Virginia, there is life outside of blogging,” resulted in a whopper of a black eye for several days and some tweaking by an optician was required on the nosepiece of my glasses. Do be more careful!

    I sang “ashes to ashes” but all my little friends sang “ashes, ashes” and I have known it referred to the great plague for at least the past 50 years or so.

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  25. Sorry to read about your fall, Red. But, glad to read that you were not seriously hurt. One can never be too careful at any age.

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  26. Gosh... I knew about the plague, but didn't know about the ring around the eyes or the falling down. And speaking of falling, Red.

    Goodness gracious! That was really scary. I'm glad you're doing OK. I have taken several falls too and have to keep reminding myself to pay attention to what I'm doing. Please take care.

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  27. Hola Red!
    Que mal, esa caida por suerte no te lastimaste. Yo ultimamente me estoy resbalando mucho; pero no llego a caerme. Tenemos que tener mucho cuidado.
    Saludos y que mejores!!

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  28. avoid my tears as a pathetic i drop them often
    i am thankful that you were not hurt seriously dear Red!
    almost four years back i fell down but on my palms who saved my face to hit ground ,my wrist (right) ached for months
    i request to not keep your head light while walking but stay attentive and focused please
    blessings!

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