Comments on: Complete this phrase: "Home again, home again, jiggity ____."

Question: Complete this phrase: "Home again, home again, jiggity ____."

evinrude — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:01:43 -0800

"Home again, home again, jiggity ____."

My girlfriend and I disagree on the proper completion of this frankly bizarre sing-songy statement uttered whenever our respective families would return from an outing. I say "jiggity jig" and she says "jiggity jog." I'm curious about if other people are familiar with this construction, and how they complete the phrase; I'd also love to hear theories about its origin.

By: darkpony

darkpony — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:03:53 -0800

in bladerunner they say 'jig'.

By: armage

armage — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:04:20 -0800

...jog. Born and raised in Richmond, VA, FWIW...

By: esch

esch — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:06:51 -0800

To Market

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.

By: evinrude

evinrude — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:06:53 -0800

Demographic information: I grew up in Seattle, she grew up in central Illinois, then Austin, TX.

Personal theory: this is a fragment of a nursery rhyme, the next line of which involves the purchase of a pig/hog.

By: jasper411

jasper411 — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:08:24 -0800

To market, to market to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggity jig.
To market, to market to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jiggity jog.
To market, to market to buy a plum bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.

So either form is acceptable.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:09:56 -0800

I always thought the fourth line ended "joggity-jog".

By: jasper411

jasper411 — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:10:09 -0800

Rats!

Original post at 4:01, Esch at 4:06, me at 4:08!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:16:57 -0800

A significant loss of innocence occurs when you realize that the little piggy that went to market wasn't going shopping.

By: scody

scody — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:20:49 -0800

Hmm. We always recited it "home again, Finnegan, jiggety-jig/jog" possibly because I come from a long line of James Joyce fans.

Also: quonsar, as usual, makes me laugh so hard I want to pee.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:43:29 -0800

my husband says "home again, home again, jiggity jig" all the time, and i have never heard it anywhere else. thanks!

By: GaelFC

GaelFC — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:45:26 -0800

I always say "jog" because it sounds more final, being as it comes later in the rhyme than "jig." Never really thought it out before, but that's totally what I do...

By: sugarfish

sugarfish — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:06:30 -0800

Every time moz and I go upstairs in our apartment, I say home again home again, and he says jiggity jig! Never heard jog. Funny that it comes from a rhyme though.

By: LittleMissCranky

LittleMissCranky — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:23:23 -0800

I've always said jig. Colorado, FYI.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:39:17 -0800

Jig. BC.

By: bshort

bshort — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 19:13:35 -0800

Jog. Florida.

By: Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:16:14 -0800

I say jiggety jog, but I never use jogging as a substitute for running. Jogging or "yogging, I think it's a soft J" is for pussies. Georgia.

By: jeribus

jeribus — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:53:18 -0800

Jig. Minnesota.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:56:19 -0800

Never heard it before. You're all fucking nuts.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:57:50 -0800

jig. sacramento, ca.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:18:43 -0800

Jig, Pittsburgh, PA by way of South America, Africa and the South Pacific.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:12:45 -0800

Jig. SF Bay Area by way of LA, CA; Spokane, WA; Great Falls, MT and Omaha, NE. I know me some folk rhymes!

By: majcher

majcher — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:42:52 -0800

Jig, upstate New York. My lady friend says "jog", she's from central California. This is a matter of great friction between us.

By: Pericles

Pericles — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:11:36 -0800

Jig - UK. Tho I'd never heard it before BladeRunner.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:34:12 -0800

The ____-____ spider,
climbed up the water spout...

me: itsy-bitsy
her: eensy-weensy

By: biffa

biffa — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 01:39:51 -0800

eensy-weensy
but the line doesn't begin with 'The', it's just 'Eensy-weensy spider...' (UK)

By: bshort

bshort — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:54:07 -0800

itsy-bitsy

And, with the previous question, ya'll are just wrong :-)

By: evinrude

evinrude — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 06:06:00 -0800

esch, jasper411: thanks!

five fresh fish: itsy-bitsy.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 06:41:54 -0800

Jig. (I never knew it was from a rhyme.)

Itsy-bitsy.

San Francisco, via northern Virginia.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 07:17:58 -0800

Jog. Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.

My mother used to say it every time we pulled into our driveway after a long trip.

By: ChrisTN

ChrisTN — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 07:20:19 -0800

Jig; itsy-bitsy; TN.

By: lackutrol

lackutrol — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:10:59 -0800

Jog; itsy-bitsy; grew up in Nashville, TN.

By: marsha56

marsha56 — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:11:11 -0800

Jig (Southern Ohio), Itsy-Bitsy and the toilet paper comes over the top and hangs down the front. Anybody says different is just plain WRONG.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:36:40 -0800

we always said "home again, home again, market is done!" until blade runner.

itsy-bitsy (early childhood in germany; childhood in central texas; middle childhood inside the beltway--my parents were both born and raised in chicago)

By: willpie

willpie — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:57:05 -0800

Jig or jig-jig.
FFF: itsy-bitsy.
central OR.