Here we are again for another in our occasional series of nursery rhymes (see Roses are Red, and Jack and Jill).

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

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“Peter Piper”

Cross examination by Counsel for the prosecution:

Obviously self-explanatory.

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Credit: from the wonderful book The Legal Guide to Mother Goose, translated by Don Sandburg, published by Price/Stern/Sloan, Los Angeles, 1979