Saturday, 31 October 2009

Happy Hallowe'en!





Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,

Had a wife, and couldn't keep her.

He put her in a pumpkin shell,

And there he kept her very well.








(Mum recited this poem to me last night, at half-past midnight. Can you believe the cheek of Peter???)
Illustrator: Maxfield Parrish

7 comments:

Maggie May said...

i know!! those old nursery rhymes are irreplaceable.

Happy Weenie!@

TheChicGeek said...

Love the picture and those Mother Goose rhymes!

Happy Halloween to you too! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Lisa said...

Happy Halloween. The poem and picture is so cute. Peter is cute :)

Ruth said...

Thank you. I have been trying to think of Maxfield Parrish's name for so long. I have one of his prints and half the time I can't think of his name.

I used to play this on the piano, Peter Peter ...

Tess Kincaid said...

Love the Parrish and the rhyme!

Unknown said...

it's been ages since I heard this rhyme. But kids these days do not learn such rhymes like we used to.

My apologies for missing on the comment when you visited my post. have done so:))

Renee said...

I use to say that all the time and never realized until I was older how violent it is.

Hope you are having a good day.

Love Renee xoxo

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