“As my Granddaddy used to say!” An overall fun series-2
As my Granddaddy used to say ” Now that’s just Hogwash!”
Have you ever heard that one? The term dates as far back as 1440 and referred to the swill fed to swine… or for the city slickers… food given to pigs!! Slop for pigs was a mixture of almost anything..but my memories of potato peelings and corn cobs are the most vivid.
More common usage dates to the early eighteenth century and could be defined as nonsense or meaningless or insincere talk.
In either time era I can picture my Granddaddy or his Great Granddaddy in a pair of bib overalls, called slops in the 1700′s , going out to ‘Slop the Hogs’ which means to feed the pigs. I hope you have had fun with this entry… I have! More to come in this series..stay tuned.
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