ID: 990
Date: 1960s-2003
Title: How much wood
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Tongue Twister 
Rhyme: 

A woodchuck would chuck as much wood,
As a woodchuck could, 
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

(Christchurch, 1960s; Christchurch, 2003)

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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck,
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

( NZ, 1960s; Christchurrch, 1990s; Dunedin, 1990s; Tauranga, 2002)

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Background Info: Opie, 1967:30 records a number of variations of this rhyme including:

How many cookies could a good cook cook?
How many cans can a cannibal nibble?
How much oil can a gumboil boil?

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Keywords: tongue twister 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 4 
Incidence: 7