Call the Hogs to Supper

DESCRIPTION: "Call the hogs to supper." One is fat, one is lean, and one is for the butcher.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1985 (Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
KEYWORDS: playparty animal food
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame, p. 37, ("Tiggotty tiggotty gutter") (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Thread the Needle" (game) and references there
NOTES [19 words]: Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame has this rhyme for a "Thread the Needle" game played as "Pig in the Gutter" on May Day. - BS
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