All Info About Nursery Rhymes

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.
Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,
Had another and didn’t love her;
Peter learned to read and spell,
And then he loved her very well.

Origin

There is not much doubt that this rhyme has American origins. It is debatable however whether it refers to the murder of someone’s wife as some suggest.
Pumpkins have always been a very popular vegetable in children’s fiction. Who can forget Cinderella’s carriage being transformed from a humble pumpkin? Pumpkins are also used to ward off evil spirits on Hallowe’en, by being hollowed out and used as lanterns.