Porch Swing Tip of the Week: Not Since the Hogs Ate Willy
My grandparents used the expression, “since the hogs ate Willy,” when I was a child, but I didn’t know where it came from. Then one day I saw it on a sign in a natural foods store. “What?!” I thought. “Someone stole our family’s saying?!” Even with some research, I only know it’s probably something from the rural South and common enough in some form that lots of folks have heard it too. In our family some unclear location “over there” was called “Hadley’s Peach Orchard” or “Dick’s Bean Patch.” I doubt I’ll ever know the origins of such phrases, but that doesn’t keep me from using them to get a smile from my knowing family members.
What funny sayings did — or does — our family use that would amuse your readers? Do you know why these things were said and who started them? If you don’t know, no matter. Record them on your StorySite as they come to you.
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Not Since the Hogs Ate Willy
