Pop Goes the Weasel!
What on earth does that mean?
Well, “pop” is Cockney slang for “pawn”, but would you really get much of a loan secured against a weasel?
Let’s go back to the beginning. A Cockney is someone of working class origin, who was born within earshot of the church bells of St Mary le Bow (Bow Bells). Apart from using “pop” to mean “pawn”, Cockneys also use rhyming slang. For example, “apples” = stairs.
Now if you’ve noticed that “apples” doesn’t rhyme with “stairs”, you’re not wrong! The thing is, Cockneys choose phrases that rhyme with the substituted word, and then omit the part of the phrase that rhymes. Confused? You soon will be! Here are a few examples:
“apples and pears” = stairs (Cockneys say “apples” instead of “stairs”)
“dog and bone” = phone (Cockneys say “dog” instead of “phone”)
“weasel and stoat” = coat (Cockneys say “weasel” instead of “coat”
Now we’re getting somewhere! If you’ve understood all of the above, then it is eminently clear that Pop Goes the Weasel means that someone has pawned their coat. (NB – there are other conflicting theories about the meaning of the word “weasel” in this rhyme, but I like this one, and I can’t be bothered to explain the derivation of the others, which include “weasel” = “iron”, “spool” or “bobbin”).
Anyway - I digress… The original words of the rhyme are:
Half a pound of tuppenny rice
Half a pound of treacle
That’s the way the money goes
Pop goes the weasel
Up and down the City Road
In and out the Eagle
That’s the way the money goes
Pop goes the weasel
It’s basically all about cash flow. If you were a 19th Century Cockney, you might spend your money on necessities (rice & treacle), and then you might go out on the town (City Road) to spend some time at the Eagle (pub & music hall). But then, if you overspent, you might pawn your coat (pop your weasel) until the next pay day.
So, back to the beginning. Would you get much for popping your weasel? (Pawning your coat?) Probably not a lot - unless it was diamond encrusted, or it belonged to the Duke of Wellington or Marie Antoinette.
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