Dearest Emmy,
 
It is so much fun when you ask a question about the English language.. It makes me think and realize how many expressions there are in a language that are not decipherable unless you already know.
 
I don’t know what the context is here, but it would mean like this:
 
Do you know what a grab bag is? You can’t see what’s inside, but you reach your hand in and get a prize. You don’t know what your prize is until you pull it out.
 
A poke must have been some kind of sack baby pigs were in. You could take a pig but you had to take what you got. It was like a blind choice.
 
I’m not sure of the context, but if this is from a Heavenletter, I imagine God would be saying that the choice of our lives was not a pig in the poke. Rather, we knew clearly what we were choosing.
 
Please always feel free to ask.
 
Blessings and love, Gloria
 
 
 
 
 

From: Emmy [mailto:TheHeavenLetters [at] heavenletters [dot] org]
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:48 PM
To: TheHeavenLetters [at] heavenletters [dot] org
Subject: [HeavenLetters Board Heavenletters™ Comments] question

 
What does pig in the poke mean?

Emmy

May the Lord bless you
and keep you;
may the Lord show his face to you
and have compassion on you!
May he turn his face to you
and give you peace!

Amen

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