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Oggy Oggy Oggy...?

43 replies

OldClothes · 05/02/2022 19:32

Does anyone know how exactly this chant originated, and what it now means, if anything?

I heard it being used in the pub by rugby fans today, but I know it's usage is/was much wider.

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SomeOwlsCoo · 05/02/2022 19:34

Oi oi oi

No idea. Sorry

ProudThrilledHappy · 05/02/2022 19:35

@SomeOwlsCoo beat me to it but

Oi Oi Oi
anyway

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 05/02/2022 19:36

Oi Oi Oi!!!

There's seems to be several claims to the origin so I suspect we will never know for sure.

Puppylucky · 05/02/2022 19:37

Originated in Cornwall as a pasty seller cry - adopted by Welsh Rugby Union in the 70's, now widespread. Google is your friend!

PraiseBee · 05/02/2022 19:38

My dad says it meaning Cornish pasties

babymama471 · 05/02/2022 19:38

Oggy oggy pasties

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OldClothes · 05/02/2022 19:39

@Puppylucky

Originated in Cornwall as a pasty seller cry - adopted by Welsh Rugby Union in the 70's, now widespread. Google is your friend!
I've read this online but I've also read elsewhere that it's probably not true. I'm intrigued.
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AndNobbyDancing · 05/02/2022 19:40

Oggy

DoubleYouOhEmAyEn · 05/02/2022 19:42

Oi

Hm2020 · 05/02/2022 19:52

I just remember a much ruder version of this when I was younger!

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OldClothes · 05/02/2022 19:52

I've read this online but I've also read elsewhere that it's probably not true.

The Cornish bit I mean.

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OldClothes · 05/02/2022 19:56

@Hm2020

I just remember a much ruder version of this when I was younger!
I'm all ears Grin
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ThreeFeetTall · 05/02/2022 19:56

Cornish wives used to shout it down the mineshaft to ask if their husbands wanted their lunch. Oggy oggy oggy - do you want your lunch Dave? Oi oi oi - yes please dear

That's what I heard anyway, no idea if it's actually true. Grin

Susu49 · 05/02/2022 20:05

Oggy

SomeOwlsCoo · 05/02/2022 20:10

Oi

JugglingJanuary · 05/02/2022 20:13

@ThreeFeetTall

Cornish wives used to shout it down the mineshaft to ask if their husbands wanted their lunch. Oggy oggy oggy - do you want your lunch Dave? Oi oi oi - yes please dear

That's what I heard anyway, no idea if it's actually true. Grin

I like this explanation

Seems unlikely though with number I'd miners down a shaft?!

@Hm2020. As we're all adults I'm sure we can cope with a Ryder version

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OldClothes · 05/02/2022 20:23

@JugglingJanuary I quite like it, I hope it happened.

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hilariousnamehere · 05/02/2022 20:27

We used to shout it in the car as we drove over the Tamar Bridge on the way into Cornwall when down with my family there when I was small... no idea why though 😂

PerkingFaintly · 05/02/2022 20:27

Oggy oggy oggy.

UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea · 05/02/2022 20:39

Also, miners have to leave behind the pasty's crust for the knockers or they will steal their tools or put out their candles.

WhereIsMyGlasses · 05/02/2022 20:42

It's Hoggy Hoggy Hoggy after Stuart Hogg. My dad has just informed me that it converted to this, previously it was something racist. I don't know.

Misreadprob · 05/02/2022 20:42

Oi oi oi

NEE1302 · 05/02/2022 20:45

I thought it was from this song...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=FTZZjemferM

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OldClothes · 05/02/2022 20:51

@NEE1302 I had no idea it featured in the Music Man lyrics!

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NEE1302 · 05/02/2022 20:54

[quote OldClothes]@NEE1302 I had no idea it featured in the Music Man lyrics![/quote]
I remember it from the school disco Grin