| Sing a
song of sixpence |
Sing a
somg of .... time? money? |
| A
pocketful of rye |
Pocketful
of sand (time? hourglass?) |
| Four
and twenty blackbirds |
4 &
20 = 24hrs or both hands to number four position on the clock |
| Baked
in a pie |
PI = math
formula for circumfrence |
| When
the pie was opened |
A
particular moment in maths/time |
| The
birds began to sing |
Rejoiced
- good moment? |
| Wasn't
that a dainty dish |
Dainty =
Dignified |
| To set
before the king |
King - 12
position? Chief? Main? |
|
|
| The
King was in his counting house |
In 12
position? (hours) |
| Counting
out his money |
12
position - start of countdown in time? |
| The
Queen was in the parlour |
4
position - teatime in parlour? (minutes) |
| Eating
bread and honey |
Bread/honey
bassic food of life |
| The
Maid was in the garden |
8
position (seconds) |
| Hanging
out the clothes |
Worker =
Clothes = Protection? |
| When
down came a blackbird |
Still to
determine what bloackbirds mean |
| And
pecked off her nose |
Nose =
extra piece on second hand, need to come off to balance everything
out |