Pease porridge hot
Lyrics
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.
Pease Porridge Hot Meaning
Pease porridge is a thick pudding of boiled split peas, an everyday meal in old England. It was cooked in a big pot over the fire and eaten for days, hot one day and cold the next, so “nine days old” is a funny way of saying the pot was never quite empty.
The second verse is about how people liked to eat it: some hot, some cold, and some straight from the pot.
How to Play the Clapping Game
- Sit facing your child.
- On “pease”: clap your own hands together.
- On “porridge”: clap both hands against your partner’s hands.
- On “hot”: clap your own hands again, then keep going with the pattern on every line.
- Start slowly, then speed up as you both learn it.