Hickory Dickory dock, 'Why scamper' asked the clock, 'You scare me so I have to go Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, As twelve bells rang, The mousie sprang, Hickory Dickory dock. The door below the clock has a round hole near its base, which legend has it was cut in the early 17th century, to allow entry for the bishop’s cat to deter vermin that were attracted to the animal fat used to lubricate the clock mechanism. Hickory Dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck seven, 8, 9, 10, 11, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory, dickory, dock Hickory, dickory, dock The mouse ran up the clock. at Exeter Cathedral has been suggested as an alternative source for the nursery rhyme. Hickory, dickory, dock is a simple little rhyme about a mouse and a clock, but it probably refers to one of Britain’s least known-about rulers who made a brief appearance on the political scene in the 17th century. The astronomical clock Clock showing the time and phases of the moon, the oldest parts of which date to 1484. The lever is connected by a long wire to a lever in the clock movement that blocks the strike fan, when lifted.
In my clock the, mouse lifts a lever at the top of the case. Other early versions have “Dickery, Dickery Dock” and “Dimity, dimity, dock”. I have finally figured out how this model Dickory Dickory Dock clock works. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book, published in about 1744, with the opening line “Hickere, Dickere Dock”. “Hickory, dickory, dock” is an English nursery rhyme, probably derived from the counting numbers used by Westmoreland shepherds, in which “hevera”, “devera” and “dick” refer to eight, nine and ten respectively. Illustration by William Wallace Denslow, from a 1901 Mother Goose collection
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