Hickory Dickory

Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock
Tic toc, tic toc ....



Origins and meaning:

The earliest recorded version of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London in about 1744, which uses the opening line: 'Hickere, Dickere Dock'.The next recorded version in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765), uses 'Dickery, Dickery Dock'.

The rhyme is thought by some commentators to have originated as a counting-out rhyme.
Westmoreland shepherds in the nineteenth century used the numbers Hevera (8), Devera (9) and Dick (10).

Some reports claim that the rhyme was written by Oliver Goldsmith, in Dublin for a volume of nursery rhymes he was collecting.
(Wikipedia)


Also nasturtiums, very wet nasturtiums in the garden today, we have had lots of rain and a whole week of it has been forecast..