this little piggy

Market-bound nursery verse

This little piggy is a nursery rhyme and toe-counting game played with infants, wiggling each toe in turn while reciting verses about piggies going to market, staying home, eating roast beef, having none, and finally crying "wee wee wee" all the way home.

The last line typically accompanies tickling: This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home...

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went to market · wee · home · crying · nursery rhyme · piglet · wiggle · tickle · feet · baby · baby toes · counting · oink · trotter · squeal · blanket · giggles · bedtime

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Opposites
type of children's verse

this little piggylullaby

Soothing song for babies

Rock-a-Bye Baby · Hush Little Baby · cradle song · Golden Slumbers · sleep meditation

physical engagement style

this little piggyshushing

Urging silence vocally

hair stroking · white noise · swaddling

Family

this, little, piggy, these, littler, littlest, piggies, piggish, pigsty

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G