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Re: Pease Porridge

Posted by glo on September 26, 2000 at 16:29:07:

In Reply to: Pease Porridge posted by Jessie High on September 24, 2000 at 19:59:53:

Pease Porridge is an early "infant amusement" with patter accompanied with a pattern of clapping own hands and then clapping against a partner's. It appears to date back to c.1767, and was collected by Halliwell in 1844. Recently, some jokesters have been speculating that it refers to the stew pot left simmering over the oldtime fireplace to which additional bits were added day-by-day, thus the peas might be in there nine days - it doesn't seem likely this is the actual derivation, however.
It follows the same infant amusement pattern as "Pat-a-cake" and vendor street-cries of "Mince pies hot, Mince pies cold, I'll send you to the devil till he's nine days old."


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