...as a sort of hidden " Punch," to ridicule those they did not like. Par exemple, here is one— " 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." Now, you see, this is evidently...

...Pipe, cat — dance, mouse — We'll have a wedding at our good house I" And here's another. " Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon — The little dog laughed To see the craft, And the dish ran after the spoon." Now, mother, the book is full...

...I thought it was both wrong and silly to say things like this to our dear little Willy : — ' Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed To see the fine sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.' " Nurse says she has...

...Without any bread, She whipped them all round, And sent them to bed. HEIGH! DIDDLE, DIDDLE. TTEIGH! diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed To see the sport, While the dish ran after the spoon. PETER WHITE. ОБТЕК WHITE...

...I thought it was both wrong and silly to say things like this to our dear little Willy : — ' Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed To see the fine sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.' " Nurse says she has...

...inserto pollice prunum, 'me ter,' ait, 'iuvenem, me quater egregium !' JMN 57 Hey Diddle Diddle TT EY 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. GAMMER GURTON 5" Epigrams...

...Prolabitur Jackus, Caput misere fractus, Et Jilla desperata in fatum ruebat FELIS IN FIDIBUS. HEIGH diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed To see such a craft, And the dish ran away with the spoon. Hidideldelis, In fidibus...

...them were killed. The lark sat long try-ing to hatch them, but had to for-sake her task at last. Hey! did-dle, did-dle, The cat and the fid-dle, The cow jumped o-ver the moon, The lit-tle dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran af-ter the spoon. Ride to the mar-ket to buy...

...must necessarily meet, and therefore the one must pass the other. The English infantile rhyme, " Hey ! diddle, •diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon," refers to the myth of the cow which jumps over the hare. The observation of celestial phenomena being...

...and that's half; She took it by the tail, And threw it over the wall, And that's all. DXXXVII. HEY! diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed To see the sport, While the dish ran after the spoon. DXXXVIII. ROMPTY iddity, row,...