Talk:Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

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Some commentary is expected for a Wikipedia entry, not just bare text. A good start would be the Annotated Mother Goose. Wetman 19:05, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Pumpkin is an American fruit not found in England until recently. So it seems to me that this is more likely to be an American nursery rhyme than an English one. -- Derek Ross | Talk 00:00, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

About my Nov 3rd Revert: (Sorry, should have put this in the summary.) I added back the link someone deleted because it was the source of some of the content (hence being in the references section). While it may be a "useless link that added no additional information, just an opportunity to purchase nursery rhyme posters & papers," it is still the source and should be cited. I was not intending to endorse the site, rather to avoid claims of plagiarism.

The source here: http://www.simpletoremember.com/what/nurseryryhmeshistory.htm is used to back the incorrect statement about the Ring Around the Rosie rhyme being about the black plague. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_around_the_rosie http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.htm

Also the simpletoremember page doesn't cite an author. That's a pretty good indication that it is NOT a reliable source. --Teddywithfangs 07:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)