Peter Piper is an English-language nursery rhyme and well-known
alliteration tongue-twister. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of
19745.Common modern versions include:The earliest version of this
tongue twister was published in Peter Piper's Practical Principles of
Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by John Harris (1756â€"1846) in London
in 1813, which includes a one name tongue-twister for each letter of
the alphabet in the same style. However, the rhyme was apparently
known at least a generation earlier. Some authors have identified the
subject of the rhyme as Pierre Poivre, an eighteenthâ€'century French
horticulturalist and government administrator of Mauritius, who once
investigated the Seychelles' potential for spice cultivation.
alliteration tongue-twister. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of
19745.Common modern versions include:The earliest version of this
tongue twister was published in Peter Piper's Practical Principles of
Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by John Harris (1756â€"1846) in London
in 1813, which includes a one name tongue-twister for each letter of
the alphabet in the same style. However, the rhyme was apparently
known at least a generation earlier. Some authors have identified the
subject of the rhyme as Pierre Poivre, an eighteenthâ€'century French
horticulturalist and government administrator of Mauritius, who once
investigated the Seychelles' potential for spice cultivation.
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