Christmas Mice Ornament

"By the banks of Town Brook

sits a charming old mill;

The water is rushing,

and the wheel’s never still.

And the miller grinds corn

throughout most of the year;

Except in December

when old Christmas is near...

The Plimoth Grist Mill is a working replica of a 1636 mill where the Pilgrims brought their corn to be ground.

...One night the miller saw a mouse

shivering in the cold;

And gave her corn for supper;

(or that is what I am told)

And a little matchbox bed —

giving shelter from the storm,

With a tiny woolen blanket

to keep the field mouse warm.

That night the mouse had babies —

But not just once or twice,

She had seven mouselings!

and called them “Christmas mice”.

© 2013 Plimoth Plantation, Inc"