The above remarks about "peglegs" remind me of another old ditty "Dr. Dogbody's Leg" which concludes:

And so, kind friends, this evening ends,
Let's toast that surgeon bold;
Likewise his leg, and his famous peg,
Now these stories have been told;
And while some may doubt, the truth will out,
Your forbearance I'll not beg,
Though these tales be wild, I'd not beguile,
I'd never pull your leg.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble