Pease Porridge Hot

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Pease Porridge Hot is the name of a children's nursery rhyme.

The lyrics to the rhyme are

Pease-porridge hot,
Pease-porridge cold,
Pease-porridge in the pot,
Nine days old;
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot,
Nine days old.

The origins of this rhyme are unknown; it takes its name from a type of porridge made from peas, pease pudding, also known as pease pottage (in Middle English, pease was treated as a collective noun, similar to "oatmeal" and it is from that we get the singular pea and plural peas). Pease porridge is also known as pease pottage or pease pudding. Where these terms are used the lyrics of the rhyme are altered accordingly.