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Date Posted: 17:48:37 02/24/11 Thu
Author: BC
Subject: Re: "Why do we say it?" ..
In reply to: BC 's message, ""Why do we say it?" .." on 13:44:34 02/22/11 Tue

- found under "C" ...
- what is the reason a person who divulges a secret is sometimes said to have let the "cat out of the bag"? ...

"... because it was once the custom for farmers to bring a young 'piglet' to market in a bag..."
"Sometimes, however, a farmer would substitute a cat for the pig..."
"If the townsman was foolish enough to buy this 'pig in a poke' without looking inside, he was cheated out of his money..."
"But, if someone 'let the cat out of the bag'...
"the deceit was then discovered."

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