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Those are great!
I think my cats must have this app! 
I'm here in Canada, and I don't get it.I know it's not a cat, but this cracked me up.
Apologies if you're in the US and this original version isn't the one you know.
Neither do I. What's tuppeny rice? I do know what treacle is, but it took years to find out. Rice and molasses?I'm here in Canada, and I don't get it.
I'm here in Canada, and I don't get it.
Pop Goes the Weasel is an English nursery rhyme:
Half a pound of tuppeny rice,
Half a pound of treacle
That's the way the money goes,
Pop! goes the weasel
It was changed in America and became:
All around the Mulberry Bush,
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey stopped to pull up his sock,
Pop! goes the weasel.
and other variations.
Well, that makes sense to some extent. Of course, the last line refers to the part of a spinning wheel (the weasel) that wound the thread that was spun. When it got full, it popped.
Still not making a lot of sense to me, but it's clear it didn't end well for the weasel. Also seems like yet another cute nursery rhyme with a nefarious origin / meaning. Don't get the hate for the weasel, though, as they're kinda cute.
Still not making a lot of sense to me, but it's clear it didn't end well for the weasel. Also seems like yet another cute nursery rhyme with a nefarious origin / meaning. Don't get the hate for the weasel, though, as they're kinda cute.
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Spinner's weasel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn-measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with gears attached to a pointer on a marked face (which looks like a clock) and an internal mechanism which makes a "pop" sound after the desired length of yarn is measured (usually a skein). The pointer allows the spinner to see how close she/he is to reaching a skein. The weasel's gear ratio is usually 40 to 1, and the circumference of the reel is usually two yards, thus producing an 80-yard skein when the weasel pops (after 40 revolutions).[1][2][3]
Some reels or skein winders are made without the gear mechanism (see swift (textiles)). They perform the same function, but without the "clock" or pop to aid the spinner in keeping track of the length of thread or yarn produced. A niddy noddy is an even simpler version.[4][5] The wrap reel, on the other hand, is even more complex, with a mechanism for standardizing the tension.
The clock reel is a possible source for the word "weasel" in the nursery rhyme Pop Goes the Weasel.[6]
Popping mechanism
Knott's Berry Farm spinner Charlene Parker demonstrates how to transfer thread or yard from a spinning wheel (on left) to a spinner's weasel (on right).
Spinner's weasel (left) and spinning wheel (right)
Ok I'll just wear the bag over my head a bit longer, as I clearly had zero idea what the weasel in the nursery was referring to.
Thanks for enlightening me,
DreamerRose
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Thanks for enlightening me,
DreamerRose
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I WANT THAT GAME!
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