
578 - New York Pigs
The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
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The History of Pigs
In Virginia a slave caught stealing a pig was punished by nailing his ears to a pillow repost. Dorian both historian will encroned wrote quote unlike other animals They were generally able to hold their own against wolves and bears So that they could be turned out into the woods for months at a time to fend for themselves almost as wild animals. The pigs required no attention until the fall slaughter when they could be recaptured butchered and used for winter and winter meat supplies.
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