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Thread #98868   Message #1964464
Posted By: Bonecruncher
11-Feb-07 - 08:47 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Bought The Farm
Subject: RE: Folklore: Bought The Farm
"To pop one's clogs" means that the relatives pawned (to pop = to pawn) the clogs of the deceased to pay for the funeral.
A similar use is in the chid's rhyme "Pop Goes the Weasle". A weasle was a type of smoothing-iron used by a tailor.
Colyn.