Cornish pastie… this has some info: http://www.hu.mtu.edu/vup/pasty/history.htm. Also this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty

I’d love to comment on your posts individually but see that you don’t have comments open for them… 😦

By the way, in my childhood the rhyme/song was known as ‘ring a ring a roses’. It probably varies depending on what part of the UK one’s from. I’m from London relocated to rural Wales.