Hey, Rowan!

I learned about that "pinch, punch/first of the month" custom from reading about it on Mudcat. I can't find that White Rabbits thread, but here's a link to a short thread about that custom:

thread.cfm?threadid=47127
BS: Pinch, punch, 1st. of the month

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"Brick Wall Water Fall" is a very popular contemporary children's taunting rhyme that contains the line "peace punch/captain crunch". This rhyme owes a large part of its popularity to its inclusion in the a 2003 American movie "Dickie Roberts, Former Child Star". Here's the memorable quote from that movie:

Sally Finney: "Brick wall, waterfall. Dickie thinks he got it all but he don't, and I do, so Boom with that attitude. Peace, punch Captain Crunch. I've got something you can't touch. Bang- Bang choo-choo train. Wind me up I do my thing. Reeses Pieces, 7-Up. You mess with me, I'll mess you up."
http://imdb.com/title/tt0325258/quotes "Memorable quotes for Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)"

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I've collected versions of that rhyme in which that line is given as "peach punch captain crunch". And I've found examples of that rhyme in which that line is given as "pinch punch captain crunch".
I believe that "Captain Crunch" is a reference to a brand name of an American breakfast cereal. But where did the "peace punch" phrase come from?

Could it have come from the "pinch punch/first of the month" saying? I doubt it because I don't think that pinch punch custom is widely known in the USA. But maybe that saying didn't come from the USA. Maybe it came from Great Britain or Australia and somehow found its way into the script of an American movie. Or maybe the original words of that rhyme were "peach punch" and the origin of that saying has nothing at all to do with pinch and a punch/first of the month. Oh! I'm so confused!