Stir-Up Sunday Song

DESCRIPTION: Song for "Stir-Up Sunday," the last Sunday before the beginning of Advent: "Stir up, we beseech thee, The pudding in the pot, And when we get home, We'll eat it all hot."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (Simpson)
KEYWORDS: food nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Jacqueline Simpson, _The Folklore of Sussex_, B. T. Batsford, 1973, p. 142, "(Stir up, we beseech thee)" (1 short text)
File: Simp142

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