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* '''Can't hear with the waters of. The chittering waters of. Flittering bats, fieldmice bawk talk.''' | * '''Can't hear with the waters of. The chittering waters of. Flittering bats, fieldmice bawk talk.''' | ||
− | ** Cf. popular English nursery rhyme: ''Hickory | + | ** Cf. popular English nursery rhyme: ''"Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. / The clock struck one, the mouse ran down, / Hickory dickory dock. / Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. / The clock struck two, the mouse said "Boo!" / Hickory dickory dock. / Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. / The clock stuck three, the mouse said "Whee!" / Hickory dickory dock. / Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. / The clock struck four, the mouse said "No more!" / Hickory dickory dock."''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickory_Dickory_Dock] Some reports claim that the rhyme was written by Oliver Goldsmith, in [[Dublin]] for a volume of nursery rhymes he was collecting[http://www.irishabroad.com/Travel/Features/dublins-literary-greats.asp] |
+ | * '''Fledermaus:''' ''(German'') bat | ||
+ | [[Category: Nursery rhymes]] |
Latest revision as of 14:13, 14 September 2012
- I can't hear with the waters of. The chittering waters of. Flittering bats and mice all bawking. → Can't hear with the waters of. Them chittering waters of. Flittering bats and mice all bawk. → Can't hear with the waters of. The chittering waters of. Flittering bats, fieldmice bawk talk.
- Can't hear with the waters of. The chittering waters of. Flittering bats, fieldmice bawk talk.
- Cf. popular English nursery rhyme: "Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. / The clock struck one, the mouse ran down, / Hickory dickory dock. / Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. / The clock struck two, the mouse said "Boo!" / Hickory dickory dock. / Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. / The clock stuck three, the mouse said "Whee!" / Hickory dickory dock. / Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. / The clock struck four, the mouse said "No more!" / Hickory dickory dock."[1] Some reports claim that the rhyme was written by Oliver Goldsmith, in Dublin for a volume of nursery rhymes he was collecting[2]
- Fledermaus: (German) bat