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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread peas porridge? #7887 10/14/2000 8:36 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 29 Sonoma County, California metameta newbie metameta newbie Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 29 Sonoma County, California I'm curious about the origin of "peas porridge" in the children's rhyme. I know that some like it hot and some like it cold, but I've never known what the stuff is. I suspect that "peas porridge" is a corruption of some other phrase. Can anyone help with this? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted peas porridge? metameta 10/14/2000 8:36 AM Re: peas porridge? paulb 10/14/2000 9:49 AM Re: peas porridge? belMarduk 10/14/2000 10:44 AM Re: peas porridge? tsuwm 10/14/2000 1:35 PM Re: peas porridge? metameta 10/14/2000 6:22 PM Re: peas porridge? maverick 10/14/2000 11:08 PM Re: peas porridge? belMarduk 10/15/2000 2:03 AM Re: peas porridge? Bridget 10/15/2000 6:40 AM Re: peas porridge? belMarduk 10/15/2000 11:34 PM Re: peas porridge? TEd Remington 10/16/2000 3:19 PM Re: peas porridge? maverick 10/16/2000 4:36 PM Re: peas porridge? maverick 10/16/2000 5:04 PM Re: peas porridge? Bridget 10/17/2000 7:21 AM Re: peas porridge? Jackie 10/17/2000 10:56 AM Re: peas porridge? AnnaStrophic 10/17/2000 11:59 AM Re: peas porridge? Jackie 10/17/2000 12:20 PM Re: peas porridge? maverick 10/17/2000 12:37 PM Re: peas porridge? Bingley 10/18/2000 4:14 AM Re: peas porridge? RhubarbCommando 10/18/2000 12:17 PM Re: peas porridge? AnnaStrophic 10/18/2000 1:05 PM Re: peas porridge? FishonaBike 10/23/2000 1:26 PM Re: peas porridge? Jackie 10/23/2000 2:13 PM Re: peas porridge? FishonaBike 10/23/2000 9:18 PM Re: peas porridge? Jackie 10/18/2000 1:27 PM Re: peas porridge? jmh 10/23/2000 6:46 AM Yellow pudding and text Marty 10/23/2000 9:28 PM Re: Yellow pudding and text belMarduk 10/23/2000 9:33 PM Re: Yellow pudding and text Bingley 10/24/2000 4:54 AM Re: Yellow pudding and text jmh 10/24/2000 5:53 AM Re: Yellow pudding and text Marty 10/24/2000 8:11 PM Re: Yellow pudding and text tsuwm 10/24/2000 8:22 PM Re: Yellow pudding and text Marty 10/24/2000 8:49 PM Re: Yellow pudding and text FishonaBike 10/24/2000 11:40 PM Re: Yellow pudding and text RhubarbCommando 10/25/2000 8:03 AM Re: Yellow pudding and text belMarduk 10/26/2000 1:53 AM Re: Yellow pudding and text tsuwm 10/26/2000 3:31 AM Re: Yellow pudding and text Jackie 10/26/2000 10:07 AM Re: Yellow pudding and text shanks 10/26/2000 11:49 AM Re: Yellow pudding and text shanks 10/26/2000 8:03 AM Re: peas porridge? awaddle 10/20/2000 10:37 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,310 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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