We have all heard the nursery rhyme, but where did the phrase “Pop Goes the Weasel” come from? The yarn weasel is a wooden piece of equipment used in days gone by to wind and measure a skein of yarn.

The Leffingwell House Museum recently received the gift of a spinners weasel or a clock reel. A Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with ...

I bet you pictured a monkey and a weasel chasing each other as you read this well-known ditty, but you’ll be surprised to learn this rhyme is not about animals at all. It was recited by children as ...

What’s a weasel? It’s an animal, of course, but in some parts of Montana you might put weasels on your ice cream, because some Montanans call M&Ms “weasels.” And in the 1700s, when the nursery rhyme ...

We apologize in advance for getting the tune stuck in your head. It wasn’t long before the ditty reached American ears, with the song’s sheet music being published in the United States in 1853. That ...

What's a weasel? It's an animal, of course, but in some parts of Montana you might put weasels on your ice cream -- because some Montanans call M&Ms "weasels." And in the 1700s, when the nursery rhyme ...