<P> The earliest version of this tongue twister was published in Peter Piper 's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by John Harris ( 1756 -- 1846 ) in London in 1813 , which includes a one name tongue - twister for each letter of the alphabet in the same style . However , the rhyme was apparently known at least a generation earlier . Some authors have identified the subject of the rhyme as Pierre Poivre , an eighteenth ‐ century French horticulturalist and government administrator of Mauritius , who once investigated the Seychelles ' potential for spice cultivation . </P>
<P> The earliest version of this tongue twister was published in Peter Piper 's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by John Harris ( 1756 -- 1846 ) in London in 1813 , which includes a one name tongue - twister for each letter of the alphabet in the same style . However , the rhyme was apparently known at least a generation earlier . Some authors have identified the subject of the rhyme as Pierre Poivre , an eighteenth ‐ century French horticulturalist and government administrator of Mauritius , who once investigated the Seychelles ' potential for spice cultivation . </P>
where did peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers come from
where did peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers come from
1756
1756