The short, nonsense rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle” might be the most recognizable nursery rhyme of them all. It even gave birth to a common phrase—”over the moon”—which is part of the rhyme, as we’ll see ...

There are cats and fiddles, cows jumping moons, dogs giggling, and dishes that run, literally, taking spoons along with them – what’s ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’ all about? ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’ is an ...

GREENFIELD – Parody at its finest can be seen on stage this weekend by Hancock County’s young actors. “The True Story of Hey Diddle Diddle” will be performed by KidsPlay, Inc., a non-profit children’s ...

For Cow Week, NPR's Wade Goodwyn blows the lid off of a children's nursery rhyme. He talks to Modern Farmer correspondent Tyler LeBlanc about... Hey-Diddle, A Fiddle And A Moon-Jumping Cow? NPR Moos ...

"Hey Diddle Diddle, Ray Rice Up The Middle" is becoming this season's "Ball So Hard University." The name running back Ray Rice came up with for his miraculous 4th-and-29 conversion in San Diego has ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. # Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle # The cow jumped over the moon # The little dog laughed to ...

First published in James Marshall's Mother Goose (1979) and illustrated in his signature style, Marshall's Hickory, Dickory, Dock & Other Mother Goose Rhymes and Hey Diddle Diddle have been broken out ...

Oddly enough, yes, they can. Animal behavior researcher Jeffery Rushen told NPR that “cows are suckers for novelty” and that the smallest change in scenery or lifestyle can get them really excited.

What’s a childhood without nursery rhymes? And what’s a nursery rhyme without, well, rhyme? Rhyme and rhythm in language are important parts of storytelling, especially for children, but how would you ...