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From: Diana Wright <nauplion@charm.net>
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Rudolphus9@aol.com wrote:

> Sodales:
> I was told recently that there is a widely used hog call for herding pigs. It
> is "Sui! Sui! Sui!" [The spelling is mine. The person telling me this never
> saw the hog call written down.] Supposedly this hog call is used in many
> parts of the world, e.g., Commonwealth countries, Europe, the U.S., et al. My
> questions are addressed to listees who may have grown up in rural
> surroundings. As a city boy I can truthfully say that I have never heard [no
> pun intended] a hog called! My questions are:
> 1. Is this hog call in fact widely used?

It's *sooey* if it's spelled at all.

I heard it as a child in Alabama & Texas, used by individuals in addressing pigs,
& remember the phrase "pig-sooey" from some book.

DW


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