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578 - New York Pigs

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The History of Pig Ears

Meat from four hogs could last a family for the winner. Pig owners would cut notches in the pigs ears and then register the marks With the clerk of the court to be like that's my pig notch Sure, and so that's my pork By law you had a DMV. Can I see your pig ear? Yeah? It's yeah, you can see I So I've I've notched in by law You as proof that you had killed your own pig you had to save the pig ear for a year after it was butchered or Until the entire animal was gone. All settlers eight hogs. There was no one who didn't like hog.

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