While researching archival pie images and literature, as I am wont to do, I came across this version of a nursery rhyme A Apple Pie, estimated to be from 1870, and published by Kronheim & Company. This nursery rhyme seems to have missed me as a a child, but maybe some of you know it? Here's the illustrations, though you can see a pdf of the entire book here.
J joined it K kept it L longed for it M mourned for it N nodded at it O opened it P peeped at it
Q quartered it R ran for it S stole it T took it U (understated?) V viewed it W wanted it
XYZ& amperse and all wished for a piece in hand.
I think my favorite is the girl (Q) using the compass to exactly quarter the pie, though the baby (B) taking a bite and dogs (F...foxes?) fighting for it are also quite humorous. I also came across this edition, c. 1886/1900 (?), by Kate Greenaway. More about her classic and slightly different version coming soon...
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I came across that nursery rhyme in recent past, but I cannot remember where.
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