Talk:The Farmer in the Dell

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Why does the cow take the dog? What is a cow going to do with a dog? The rest of the choices make sense, but this one baffles me.

What is the dell?

I would also like to know what is the dell?

It appears to already be on Wikipedia: Dell (landform) Mscudder 22:43, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

If the cheese is taken by the rat, how can it be standing alone? --Nuffle 15:01, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

The article's description does not match my single experience as a 5-year-old in 1957. After each child took an additional child in, the taking child exited the middle and rejoined the circle, so the circle always remained. Then the cheese is alone in the middle (with no one lower in the hierarchy to take). The present description implies that you can have 8 children "inside" a "circle" of 1 or 2 children, which seems an unlikely way to do it. (And, as you said, the cheese isn't alone, unless they leave the cheese out as a circle of one and there happens to be exactly the right number of children.) --DanwWiki2 (talk) 17:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

What is the significance of the cheese standing alone? Does it have any kind of meaning? I hadn't thought about this song in years, but I just started singing "The cheese stands alone" in my head and it's bothering me! Jhayes94 23:21, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Circle Game Plagarism?

The circle game paragraph appears to be from: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/farmer.htm. I think it should be deleted, or at least cited properly. --BekiB 20:28, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quite Enough Vandalism, Please.

Please stop vandalizing this page. It is not really that funny and other people will have to clean up after your mess. Thanks. 69.61.203.194 (talk) 19:45, 11 December 2007 (UTC)