Patten (shoe) shoes of Japan and other Asian countries. What are in effect snowshoes for mud, as used by wildfowlers, boatmen, and Coast Guards may also be called pattens, or "mud-pattens". These are shaped boards attached to the sole of a shoe, which extend sideways well beyond the shape of the foot, and therefore are a different sort of footwear from the patten discussed here. "Horse-pattens" were used on horses, especially for ploughing muddy fields. The word was also used for ice-skates, as it is in French ("patiner", to skate). In London, the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers remains the Livery Company, formerly
There's a Hole in My Bucket I hone it, dear Liza, with what? But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry. With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza? With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, with what? In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza? In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, in what? There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.</poem> The earliest known archetype of this song seems to be in the German collection