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Thread #42119   Message #610604
Posted By: Bert
15-Dec-01 - 05:31 PM
Thread Name: WHY 4 & 20 Blackbirds baked in a pie?
Subject: RE: WHY 4 & 20 Blackbirds baked in a pie?
A pocket (or poke) was, and still is in some areas, a sack. Our local pub in Paddock Wood, Kent was called "The Hop Pocket" The sign being a hop sack.