I believe you are correct about the poem. The bubonic plague was caused by rats and mice carrying the bacteria, then biting humans and passing the disease on. Not many places escaped the plague...
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I believe you are correct about the poem. The bubonic plague was caused by rats and mice carrying the bacteria, then biting humans and passing the disease on. Not many places escaped the plague...
No, it was the fleas on black rats (not brown rats) that carried the plague.
The poem has been debated whether it's anything to do with the plague or not. Personally, I'd like to think it was connected :)
That's right. The tailor purchased a bolt of cloth infested with the fleas.
Thank you. I stand corrected. I need to refresh my history. :)