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Re: Left leg in ... left leg out

Author: CPW
Date: 2004-06-03 15:42

Actually it refers to the purchase of swine.

See, in midievil England one would buy a live pig in a sack (poke)
The merchant would substitute a cat.
Hence a pig in a poke

Now the cat would be placed in the bag, left foot first, since cats, as we all know, are left footed. The cat, not relishing the thought of being made into sausage (hence the term relish), would take its left foot out of the poke in an effort to escape. It would turn itself around and run off. So, it is a means of obtaining freedom....which it is all about.

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