2007-07-30 06:30:51 · 6 answers · asked by out of order 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Hey Diddle Diddle
The Cat & the Fiddle
The Cow Jumped over the Moon
The Little Dog Laughed to See Such A Sport
And The Dish Ran Away with The Spoon.
Astronomy lesson
According to another theory, the rhyme is a lesson in astronomy, in which all, or nearly all "characters" in "Hey Diddle Diddle" are constellations visible only in the April night sky.
Hey diddle diddle, the Cat (Leo – the Lion) and the Fiddle (Lyra – the Lyre), the Cow (Taurus – the Bull) jumped over the Moon (the Moon); the Little Dog (Canis Minor – the Lesser Dog) laughed to see such sport, and the Dish (Crater – a dish shaped constellation) ran after the Spoon (Ursa Major – the Big Dipper).
It just so happens that April is the only month when all of these constellations can be seen in the night sky, and this was a signal to the early Europeans, mainly the English, that it was time to plant the crops.
2007-07-30 06:40:20 · answer #1 · answered by Dylanne 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
2007-07-30 06:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hickory, Dickory Dock.....the mouse ran up the clock!
2007-07-30 06:35:38 · answer #3 · answered by Agent99 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
jack and jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of crap,jack fell down in the brown and jill said that's a wrap.
2007-07-30 06:37:47 · answer #4 · answered by stormy 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?
2007-07-30 08:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by Red_Rose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything really from Mother Goose is my fav!!!
2007-07-30 10:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋