We may never know which woodchuck hypothetically chucked wood or which unspecified Sally sold seashells down by the seashore, but one of our tongue-twisting icons, Peter Piper (of the peck of pickled ...
Peter Piper was a real person. He was actually Pierre Poivre, a French name which translates to Peter Pepper, and he was notable for establishing a botanical garden in Mauritius in the 18th century.