thin king

"A pig in a poke is a blind purchase, something bought sight unseen;
a poke being a dialectical term for a bag.
It was a common scam in Renaissance times to substitute a cat or other creature of similar size for a suckling pig at market.
To buy a pig in a poke is to not open the bag and check what one is buying.
Various phrases referring to pigs and pokes date to around 1530.
The proverb never buy a pig in a poke dates to 1562."

# posted by chunmu @ 5:21 PM