by Brandy Vosburg on March 2nd, 2006

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What is the origin of the phrase 'home again home again jiggidy-jig'?

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  • by Greenbelter on October 23rd, 2009

    Greenbelter

    To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
    Home again, home again, jiggety-jig.

    To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
    Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.

    To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
    Home again, home again, market is done.
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  • by Jain Fairfax on March 26th, 2006

    Jain Fairfax

    It's from a child's poem:
    To market, to maket to buy a fat pig,
    Home again, home again, jiggidy-jig.

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  • by lemonlaw on June 7th, 2006

    lemonlaw

    To market to market to buy a fat pig
    Home again home again jiggity jig

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  • by Joe-Speedy on June 7th, 2006

    Joe-Speedy

    Mother Goose rhyme. Not sure of the original usage. http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/mothergoose/rhymes/tomarkettomarkettobuyafatpig.html

  • by Jain Fairfax on April 5th, 2006

    Jain Fairfax

    To market, to market
    To buy a fat pig.
    Home again, home again,
    Jiggidy jig.

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  • by Jain Fairfax on March 26th, 2006

    Jain Fairfax

    The last line of a children's poem.

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