peter pumpkin eater put his wife in a pumpkin shell.
peter pumpkin eater put his wife in a pumpkin shell.
where did peter pumpkin eater put his wife?
in a pumpkin shell
peter peter pumpkin eater









































"peter peter pumpkin eater" is an english language nursery rhyme. it has a roud folk song index number of 13497.









































section::::lyrics.









































common modern versions include:









































poem style="margin-left: 2em;"peter, peter pumpkin eater,









































had a wife but 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./poem









































section::::origins.
peter peter pumpkin eater
the pumpkin eater









































the pumpkin eater is a 1964 british drama film starring anne bancroft as an unusually fertile woman, and peter finch as her philandering husband.









































the film was adapted by harold pinter from the 1962 novel of the same name by penelope mortimer, and was directed by jack clayton. the title is a reference to the nursery rhyme "peter peter pumpkin eater".









































section::::plot.
the pumpkin eater