"Pease Porridge Hot" or "Pease Pudding Hot" is an English children's singing game and nursery rhyme.
It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19631.
The name refers to a type of porridge made from peas.
The earliest recorded version of "Pease Porridge Hot" is a riddle found in John Newbery's Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1760):[3] Where the terms "pease pudding" and "pease pottage" are used, the lyrics of the rhyme are altered accordingly.
Schoolchildren often play Pease Porridge Hot by pairing off and clapping their hands together to the rhyme as follows: NOTE: The actions are performed during recitation of the word or phrase, not following.