# shoofly pie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃuː.flaɪ.paɪ/

## Definitions
1. A fluffy pie made from molasses with a crumb cake top, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch.

## Etymology
From shoo + fly + pie. Named after the Shoofly molasses company, which was named after "Shoofly the Boxing Mule" (a circus attraction of the period), which was named after a Civil-War-era folk song called "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me". Not related to the idea of shooing flies away from the sweet filling.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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