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Coinball, Nighthawk, and Other Metal Detecting Lingo

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 10, 2021 · Add Comment

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig!

Posted by Grant Barrett on March 21, 2020 · Add Comment

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Jiggity-Jig

Posted by grantbarrett on June 20, 2011 · Add Comment

“Home again, home again, jiggity-jig!” A listener wonders about the origin of this phrase her Mother often used. Grant and Martha trace it back to another mother: Mother Goose. The full line goes, “To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, home again, home again, jiggity-jig.” It does not, contrary to a highly visited [...]
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Coinball, Nighthawk, and Other Metal Detecting Lingo

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig!

Jiggity-Jig