Pease Porridge Hot

DESCRIPTION: "Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, Nine days old. Some like it hot, Some like it cold, Some like it in the pot, Nine days old." A clapping game, sometimes used to keep the hands warm
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1765 (Mother Goose's Melody, according to Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose)
KEYWORDS: playparty food nonballad | clapping
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (8 citations):
Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren, #71, "Pease Porridge Hot" (1 short text)
Opie/Opie-OxfordDictionaryOfNurseryRhymes 502, "TInker, Tailor...." (1 text)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #599, p. 237, "(Pease Porridge Hot)"
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 24, "Pease Porridge Hot" (1 text)
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #45, "(Coffee hot, coffee cold)" (1 text)
Dolby-OrangesAndLemons, p. 160, "Pease Pudding Hot" (1 text)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 18, "Pease Porridge" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #32, "Bean porridge hot"; #84, "Coffee hot, coffee cold" (2 texts)
Roud #19631
File: Newe071

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