• SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    So I had to have a look.
    And there’s a few theories, the coat theory, but the others are pretty interesting too:

    There has been much speculation about the meaning of the phrase and song title, “Pop Goes the Weasel”.[1][6] Some say a weasel is a tailor’s flat iron, silver-plate dishes, a dead animal, a hatter’s tool, or a spinner’s weasel.[1][23][17] One writer notes, “Weasels do pop their heads up when disturbed and it is quite plausible that this was the source of the name of the dance.”[1]

    Emphasis is mine.