I personally enjoyed studying the origins as well. Hey Diddle Diddle was one of the first in the year. Many of my students were native Spanish speakers with little or no English.
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Share this: Tweet. One credible theory, though, could be linked to those Cat and Fiddle pubs. Perhaps the dish and spoon running away is us, distracted by the game, missing our chance to eat our grub before the plate is carried away again.
James Halliwell-Phillipps, a 19th-century Shakespeare scholar and collector of English nursery rhymes, also had a theory that it was a corruption of ancient Greek sayings, but this has been all but discredited.
Another theory believes the rhyme has everything to do with the stars in the night sky — that the figures correspond with constellations, with the moon-jumping cow being Taurus the bull and the laughing dog being Canis minor. In , Lord of the Rings author J. Facebook YouTube Twitter Instagram.
The Latest. The Origins of Hey Diddle Diddle The origin of the rhyme itself may be a bit confusing, as there are some elements of the work that seem to predate others. No one is quite sure. Today, if you were to buy a book of nursery rhymes, it would most likely look like this: Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
The characters embody widely known constellations. Connections to ancient Egypt. Being a hidden reference to Tudor politics. The rhyme revolves around a pub game. Comments comments. History Literature Meanings and Definitions. March 2, Articles. January 12, Articles.
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