Before there were Ninnie Baird and her eponymous bakery products, there was Walter Joseph Doherty. And before there were the Burma-Vita Company and its poems advertising its Burma-Shave product, there was, again, Walter Joseph Doherty. Walter Joseph Doherty was born in County … Continue reading Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Baker’s Man: Of Poetry and Doughetry