Cat playing fiddle, cow jumping over moon, dish running away with spoon, dog laughing. Hey Diddle Diddle is an English nursery rhyme. Hey Diddle Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed, To see such fun, And the dish ran after the spoon. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. Anthropomorphism has ancient roots as storytelling and artistic devices, and most cultures have traditional fables with anthropomorphized animals as characters. No artist credited, 1868 (cropped and cleaned).