Wednesday 7 March 2012

Hickory Dickory Dock ....

We learned something interesting at Science Works on Monday..


Hickory dickory dock (sounds like a clock ticking)
The mouse ran up the clock (winding up the weight)
The clock struck one (an hour or so later)
The mouse ran down (weight is at the bottom)
Hickory dickory dock (time to reset the clock)





On researching this rhyme further I discovered that  in different countries it has different meanings.  In the USA it refers to plants and is a nonsense poem and also used to teach children to tell the time.  In the UK it refers to the numbers eight, nine and ten in the Borrowdale dialect. The earliest recording of the words is from 1744.

Blessings
Chareen

2 comments:

  1. I'm always amazed at how much you achieve with your homeschooling, Chareen. There's so much variety and purpose to what you do. It's very inspiring:)

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    1. :) Thank you Vicky. We have had an unually busy week this week with outings but it has been very good !

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