7 Pigs In A Polk ( Scan Added)

I hope you did too, you'll have to show us pics and give the prices paid to get a verdict from the forum folks.

I learned something new, I have heard "a pig in a poke" many times before but never really knew what it meant. You do know what it means but, you are called it by that President Polk's name.

Of course here, you could probably get a pig in a Polk's but it would be processed and packaged pork.



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It means to buy (receive or obtain) something unknown because its true identity is concealed.

A poke (compare 'pouch') is an English dialect word for a sack or bag.
If you went to a market to buy a (small?) pig, and the market trader had one already tied in a sack ready for sale and taking away, and if you bought it and went away without actually checking the contents, you would have bought a pig in a poke, OR NOT!

You would not know what you had really bought until you had actually opened the sack. If you waited until you got home before doing this, and it wasn't the pig you had been expecting, you would be very disappointed and angry, with yourself and with the trader.

If you then went back to the trader and said 'Hey! There wasn't a pig in this sack!" He might say "Well. There isn't now! But there was one in there when I gave it to you!"

You had bought a pig in a poke! Not a good idea!

Lesson: Buyers beware! Always check the genuineness of what you are buying before parting with your money.

But why say 'a pig in a poke'? It runs off the tongue much easier than saying 'a pig in a tied sack.' Furthermore, the imagery is much stronger with 'a pig in a poke' than simply referring to having bought something without properly checking what was inside the wrapping.

well I am happy, here is a group scan

Wow! Nice job on the gamble. If they are not UNC they sure look all close to BU to me! Ain't no oinkers in the whole lot. They do make fakes but these have such good detail I think they are the real thing.