A 🐖 pig in a poke
Mar 21, 2024 00:53:21 #
Commander Bell
Loc: Lafayette Indiana
Hello stagers,
We've all heard the term. A pig in a poke.
It's origin is 16th century English ( as in England))What was the original term A pig.in a poke referring to?
Guesses only. No poking around Internet for the answer.
Commander Bell out
We've all heard the term. A pig in a poke.
It's origin is 16th century English ( as in England))What was the original term A pig.in a poke referring to?
Guesses only. No poking around Internet for the answer.
Commander Bell out
Mar 21, 2024 07:37:05 #
Commander Bell wrote:
Hello stagers,
We've all heard the term. A pig in a poke.
It's origin is 16th century English ( as in England))What was the original term A pig.in a poke referring to?
Guesses only. No poking around Internet for the answer.
Commander Bell out
We've all heard the term. A pig in a poke.
It's origin is 16th century English ( as in England))What was the original term A pig.in a poke referring to?
Guesses only. No poking around Internet for the answer.
Commander Bell out
A poke is a bag so. Some kind of pork meat in a bag 🤷♂️
Mar 21, 2024 08:05:48 #
Mar 21, 2024 08:07:42 #
We used cook a whole pig in the ground and to check the doneness we would poke it with a long pointed rod. This may not be the answer but I'm sticking to it 🤣
Mar 21, 2024 08:13:39 #
Mar 21, 2024 08:47:55 #
Mar 21, 2024 10:20:23 #
Commander Bell wrote:
Hello stagers,
We've all heard the term. A pig in a poke.
It's origin is 16th century English ( as in England))What was the original term A pig.in a poke referring to?
Guesses only. No poking around Internet for the answer.
Commander Bell out
We've all heard the term. A pig in a poke.
It's origin is 16th century English ( as in England))What was the original term A pig.in a poke referring to?
Guesses only. No poking around Internet for the answer.
Commander Bell out
Buying something without seeing it first.
Mar 21, 2024 10:59:40 #
charlykilo
Loc: Garden Valley Ca
Con artists used to catch any animal and stuff it in a bag and try to sell it.
Mar 21, 2024 16:52:39 #
Mar 21, 2024 19:26:37 #
Pig in a Poke. A Poke/Bag was offered for sale and IF smart, one would look inside to see if it was true or if it was a Cat in the Bag. Old, old scam.
Mar 21, 2024 19:41:24 #
Gordon wrote:
Buying something without seeing it first.
I'm going with Gordon, buying something unseen 😂 the poke (paper bag) has nothing to do with the item, it could be a car or anything you buy without seeing it 👍
Mar 21, 2024 21:58:28 #
Gmchief
Loc: New Hampshire coast
I agree about the bag or sack, but I believe it was used to carry your money or coins. So I think a pig in a poke would be a worthless bag.
Mar 21, 2024 22:32:51 #
Commander Bell
Loc: Lafayette Indiana
Hello stager
Yes A pig in a poke does refer to buying something sight unseen , and Yes a poke is a bag or gunny sack.
But where did the term originate?
As the story goes in the early 19th century a farmer sold a cat in a gunny sack claiming it to be a suckling pig at a market. The merchant bought it without looking into the bag.
This also lead to the expression " Let the cat out of the bag".
Commander Bell out 👍
Yes A pig in a poke does refer to buying something sight unseen , and Yes a poke is a bag or gunny sack.
But where did the term originate?
As the story goes in the early 19th century a farmer sold a cat in a gunny sack claiming it to be a suckling pig at a market. The merchant bought it without looking into the bag.
This also lead to the expression " Let the cat out of the bag".
Commander Bell out 👍
Mar 22, 2024 13:19:33 #
Mar 22, 2024 14:38:25 #
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