✦ The Rhyme ✦
Higgledy Piggledy, My Black Hen
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen; Sometimes nine, and sometimes ten, Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen.
✦ A Nursery Rhyme ✦
Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen, she lays eggs for gentlemen. Sometimes nine and sometimes ten!
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✦ The Rhyme ✦
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen; Sometimes nine, and sometimes ten, Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen.
✦ About the Rhyme ✦
“Higgledy, Piggledy, My Black Hen” is a farmyard rhyme collected in the 1800s. “Higgledy-piggledy” is an old expression meaning messy or all mixed up, which is just how a busy henhouse looks.
Rhymes like this one were useful for practicing counting, and children often finish it by counting the eggs on their fingers.
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