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[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) So weasel->stoat->coat? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) "Weasle-and-stoat, coat", yeah. Tho I prefer the pre-electric iron theory, personally. I feel like I read somewhere that those were common things to pawn when money was tight, back in the day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) How does one get from weasel to clothes iron? I'd imagine an iron would garner more money than a poor person's coat, what with it being just a big bar of metal with a handle on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's part of why I prefer that option. While I believe coats were probably more costly vs a poor person's income than they are today, I agree a clothes iron would likely have been worth more, making it the more obvious thing to pawn; plus in the cold of England you'd probably rather be without your iron than your coat while waiting for payday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago So I had to have a look. And there's a few theories, the coat theory, but the others are pretty interesting too: There has been much speculation about the meaning of the phrase and song title, "Pop Goes the Weasel".[1][6] Some say a weasel is a tailor's flat iron, silver-plate dishes, a dead animal, a hatter's tool, or a spinner's weasel.[1][23][17] One writer notes, "Weasels do pop their heads up when disturbed and it is quite plausible that this was the source of the name of the dance."[1] Emphasis is mine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) "Weasle-and-stoat, coat", yeah. Tho I prefer the pre-electric iron theory, personally. I feel like I read somewhere that those were common things to pawn when money was tight, back in the day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) How does one get from weasel to clothes iron? I'd imagine an iron would garner more money than a poor person's coat, what with it being just a big bar of metal with a handle on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's part of why I prefer that option. While I believe coats were probably more costly vs a poor person's income than they are today, I agree a clothes iron would likely have been worth more, making it the more obvious thing to pawn; plus in the cold of England you'd probably rather be without your iron than your coat while waiting for payday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago So I had to have a look. And there's a few theories, the coat theory, but the others are pretty interesting too: There has been much speculation about the meaning of the phrase and song title, "Pop Goes the Weasel".[1][6] Some say a weasel is a tailor's flat iron, silver-plate dishes, a dead animal, a hatter's tool, or a spinner's weasel.[1][23][17] One writer notes, "Weasels do pop their heads up when disturbed and it is quite plausible that this was the source of the name of the dance."[1] Emphasis is mine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) How does one get from weasel to clothes iron? I'd imagine an iron would garner more money than a poor person's coat, what with it being just a big bar of metal with a handle on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's part of why I prefer that option. While I believe coats were probably more costly vs a poor person's income than they are today, I agree a clothes iron would likely have been worth more, making it the more obvious thing to pawn; plus in the cold of England you'd probably rather be without your iron than your coat while waiting for payday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago So I had to have a look. And there's a few theories, the coat theory, but the others are pretty interesting too: There has been much speculation about the meaning of the phrase and song title, "Pop Goes the Weasel".[1][6] Some say a weasel is a tailor's flat iron, silver-plate dishes, a dead animal, a hatter's tool, or a spinner's weasel.[1][23][17] One writer notes, "Weasels do pop their heads up when disturbed and it is quite plausible that this was the source of the name of the dance."[1] Emphasis is mine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's part of why I prefer that option. While I believe coats were probably more costly vs a poor person's income than they are today, I agree a clothes iron would likely have been worth more, making it the more obvious thing to pawn; plus in the cold of England you'd probably rather be without your iron than your coat while waiting for payday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago So I had to have a look. And there's a few theories, the coat theory, but the others are pretty interesting too: There has been much speculation about the meaning of the phrase and song title, "Pop Goes the Weasel".[1][6] Some say a weasel is a tailor's flat iron, silver-plate dishes, a dead animal, a hatter's tool, or a spinner's weasel.[1][23][17] One writer notes, "Weasels do pop their heads up when disturbed and it is quite plausible that this was the source of the name of the dance."[1] Emphasis is mine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago So I had to have a look. And there's a few theories, the coat theory, but the others are pretty interesting too: There has been much speculation about the meaning of the phrase and song title, "Pop Goes the Weasel".[1][6] Some say a weasel is a tailor's flat iron, silver-plate dishes, a dead animal, a hatter's tool, or a spinner's weasel.[1][23][17] One writer notes, "Weasels do pop their heads up when disturbed and it is quite plausible that this was the source of the name of the dance."[1] Emphasis is mine. permalink fedilink source parent
